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(19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2014/0143069 A1 Campbell (54)

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DIRECT MARKETING LINE OVERLAY OF

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PRODUCT LINES AND DIVISIONS

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US. Cl. CPC ................................ .. G06Q 30/02 77 (2013.01) USPC

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705/14.73

(71) Applicant: Melyn Campbell, Salt Lake City, UT

(Us) (72) Inventor:

Melyn Campbell, Salt Lake City, UT

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ABSTRACT

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A method for extending direct marketing services entails

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utilizes an existing direct marketing network to provide direct marketing services to a company that does not have its own direct marketing network. A new compensation system is overlaid on an existing direct marketing network. The new

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compensation system corresponds to distribution of one or

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more products of the company that does not have its own direct marketing network. The new compensation system is

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overlaid on the existing direct marketing network without

disturbing an existing compensation system for existing products already distributed through the existing direct mar keting network.

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