INVENTORY SALES SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, at a configuration engine of a computer system, a query regarding a product included in an inventory;
determining, by the configuration engine, (i) a plurality of customization options associated with the product, and (ii) which customization options of the plurality of customization options are included in the inventory;
preparing, by the configuration engine, a list of the customization options determined to be included in the inventory; and
providing, by the configuration engine, the list of customization options for presentation.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A computer system and method of facilitating a sale which permits inventory information to be used in connection with a technology enabled selling (TES) system to facilitate a sale. The inventory information may be used during configuration of an item to be sold to a customer in a manner which allows the sales representative to more easily sell items from inventory if desired.
12 Citations
16 Claims
-
1. A method comprising:
-
receiving, at a configuration engine of a computer system, a query regarding a product included in an inventory; determining, by the configuration engine, (i) a plurality of customization options associated with the product, and (ii) which customization options of the plurality of customization options are included in the inventory; preparing, by the configuration engine, a list of the customization options determined to be included in the inventory; and providing, by the configuration engine, the list of customization options for presentation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
-
-
12. A computer system comprising a processing arrangement and a memory arrangement, the processing arrangement configured as a configuration engine for preparing and presenting, responsive to inquiries therefor, inventory-based product information and customization options available for products included in the inventory, wherein the customization options are constrained to the customization options available in the inventory;
- and the memory arrangement is communicatively coupled to the processing arrangement and stores the inventory and product data for use by the configuration engine.
- View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
-
16. A computer system, comprising a processor and a memory, said memory storing instructions which when executed by the processor configure the computer system with (i) one or more sales tools for use in connection with selling a product, said sales tools including some or all of customer/account management tools, product information tools, financing tools, service tools, life cycle tools, proposal tools, and presentation tools;
- (ii) configuration tools which allow for interactive configuration of a particular product from a list of options for the particular product, said configuration tools being constrained by a number of different rules or configuration solvers so as to limit possible product configurations only those product configurations which are buildable;
(iii) an inventory management tool communicatively coupled to the configuration tools for configuring products for sale from an inventory; and
(iv) inventory tools for allowing examination of whether a particular selection may be purchased from the inventory.
- (ii) configuration tools which allow for interactive configuration of a particular product from a list of options for the particular product, said configuration tools being constrained by a number of different rules or configuration solvers so as to limit possible product configurations only those product configurations which are buildable;
Specification
-
- Resources
Litigation Campaign Assessment
Thank you for your request. You will receive a custom alert email when the Litigation Campaign Assessment is available.
×
-
Current AssigneeDale A. Mehr, David Robert Lundberg, Jerome D. Johnson
-
Original AssigneeDale A. Mehr, David Robert Lundberg, Jerome D. Johnson
-
InventorsLundberg, David Robert, Johnson, Jerome Dale, Mehr, Dale Arthur
-
Granted Patent
-
Time in Patent OfficeDays
-
Field of Search
-
US Class Current705/27.2
-
CPC Class CodesG06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock manageme...G06Q 20/203 Inventory monitoringG06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shop...G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or custo...G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfacesG06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of...
