US 11,107,023 B2Granted

Managed inventory

AssigneeeBay Inc.

InventorsDane Glasgow, Steve Yankovich, Marc Peter Hosein, Shweta Pogde, Snigdha Mokkapati, Gokulkrishna B. Pillai, Sri Harsha Chevuru, Dinesh Kumar Damodharan, Chethan Narayan, Vinay Rajashekar Nagar, Suraj Chhetri

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Abstract

Example methods and systems are directed to a managed inventory. A database may store information regarding items owned by a user. The information regarding an item may include a quantity owned and one or more triggering events. Based on the occurrence of a triggering event, an order for the item may be placed without user intervention. Data to the database may be provided by one or more sensors. Triggering events may be defined in terms of sensor data. The triggering event may be defined by a user or through machine learning. The order may be placed using a predetermined modality or a dynamically-determined modality based on one or more criteria, such as price, shipping speed, and the urgency of the order.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

accessing, by one or more processors, shopping history information for a user account, the shopping history information including information for an item ordered by the user account;
based on the shopping history information indicating that the item was purchased by the user account at least a predetermined number of times:
creating a conditional action for the item that prompts a user to re-order the item when a quantity of the item in inventory data corresponding to the user account is below a predetermined threshold;
and
determining preferences for the user account that include a first weight for a first preference of the user account for a first attribute pertaining to shipping and a second weight for a second preference of the user account for a second attribute for a plurality of suppliers;
electronically receiving, by the one or more processors, image data from a camera;
based on the received image data from the camera, determining that the item is being used;
based on the determination that the item is being used, reducing the quantity of the item in the inventory data;
and
based on the conditional action for the item and the reduced quantity of the item in the inventory data being below the predetermined threshold:
determining a score for each supplier of the plurality of suppliers based on the first weight and the second weight;
determining, by the one or more processors, a supplier to provide the item for the user account based on the score;
causing a user interface to be presented on a user device, the user interface comprising:
an identifier of the supplier;
a first interactive element operable to order the item for the user account;
and
a second interactive element operable to delete the conditional action;
and
in response to an operation of the second interactive element, deleting the conditional action.

16 more elements

A system comprising:

one or more processors of one or more machines configured to perform operations comprising:
accessing shopping history information for a user account, the shopping history information including information for an item ordered by the user account;
based on the shopping history information indicating that the item was purchased by the user account at least a predetermined number of times:
creating a conditional action for the item that prompts a user to re-order the item when a quantity of the item in inventory data corresponding to the user account is below a predetermined threshold;
determining preferences for the user account that include a first weight for a first preference of the user account for a first attribute pertaining to shipping and a second weight for a second preference of the user account for a second attribute for a plurality of suppliers;
electronically receiving image data from a camera;
based on the received image data from the camera, determining that the item is being used;
based on the determination that the item is being used, reducing the quantity of the item in the inventory data;
and
based on the conditional action for the item and the reduced quantity of the item in the inventory data being below the predetermined threshold:
determining a score for each supplier of the plurality of suppliers based on the first weight and the second weight;
determining a supplier to provide the item for the user account based on the score;
causing a user interface to be presented on a user device, the user interface comprising:
an identifier of the supplier;
a first interactive element operable to order the item for the user account;
and
a second interactive element operable to delete the conditional action;
and
in response to an operation of the second interactive element, deleting the conditional action.

16 more elements

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions executable by a processor of a machine to perform operations comprising:

accessing shopping history information for a user account, the shopping history information including information for an item ordered by e user account;
based on the shopping history information indicating that the item was purchased by the user account at least a predetermined number of times;
creating a conditional action for the item that will automatically re-order the item when a quantity of the item in inventory data corresponding to the user account is below a predetermined threshold;
and
determining preferences for the user account that include a first weight for a first preference of the user account for a first attribute pertaining to shipping and a second weight for a second preference of the user account for a second attribute for a plurality of suppliers;
electronically receiving image data from a camera;
based on the received image data from the camera, determining that the item is being used;
based on the determination that the item is being used, reducing the quantity of the item in the inventory data;
and
based on the conditional action for the item and the reduced quantity of the item in the inventory data being below the predetermined threshold:
determining a score for each supplier of the plurality of suppliers based on the first weight and the second weight;
determining a supplier to provide the item for the user account based on the score;
causing a user interface to be presented on a user device, the user interface comprising:
an identifier of the supplier;
a first interactive element operable to order the item for the user account;
and
a second interactive element operable to delete the conditional action;
and
in response to an operation of the second interactive element, deleting the conditional action.

16 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/569,188Filed 12 Dec 2014 · us provisional application
Priority: 20 Dec 2013
Published: US 2015/0178654 A125 Jun 2015
Granted: 31 Aug 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

G06Q 10/06315
Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations: needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis
G06Q 10/0875
Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders: itemisation or classification of parts, supplies or…
G06Q
Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial