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US 12,524,791 B2Granted
Systems, methods, and software for generating, customizing, and automatedly e-mailing a request for quotation for fabricating a computer-modeled structure from within a CAD program
OwnerJames L. Jacobs, II, Steven M. Lynchinventors
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Abstract
In an exemplary embodiment, software made in accordance with the present invention generates a request for quote (RFQ) based on user-provided information, presents a user interface allowing a user to customize the RFQ, generates an e-mail including the RFQ, and sends the e-mail to one or more suppliers. Various corresponding and related systems, methods, and software are described.
Claims20
A system for automatedly generating a request for quotation (RFQ) electronic mail (email) template, the system comprising:
- a computing device;
- and
- a software operating on the computing device, the software comprising a CAD program configured to modify one or more CAD models, wherein the software is configured to:
- receive, using the CAD program, a CAD model through a model data link;
- extract geometric data from the CAD model;
- identify a subset of user-selectable suppliers from a list of user-selectable suppliers based on the CAD model, wherein each user-selectable supplier of the subset of user-selectable suppliers comprises an associated email address;
- retrieve supplier data related to the subset of user-selectable suppliers through a supplier data link;
- automatedly load a design document based on a user usage history and the geometric data from the CAD model, wherein the user usage history includes recent user selections;
- provide, as a function of a timed schedule, a data link between an RFQ electronic mail template and the design document;
- populate the RFQ electronic mail template as a function of the design document;
- generate an RFQ electronic mail based on the RFQ electronic mail template through an electronic mail creation data link;
- and
- send the RFQ electronic mail to the associated email address of at least one user-selectable supplier of the subset of user-selectable suppliers through an output electronic mail data link.
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A method for automatedly generating a request for quotation (RFQ) electronic mail (email) template, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a software operating on a computing device, a CAD model from a CAD program and through a model data link;
- extracting, using the computing device, geometric data from the CAD model;
- identifying, using the computing device, a subset of user-selectable suppliers from a list of user-selectable suppliers based on the CAD model, wherein each user-selectable supplier of the subset of user-selectable suppliers comprises an associated email address;
- retrieving, using the computing device, supplier data related to the subset of user-selectable suppliers through a supplier data link;
- automatedly loading, using the computing device, a design document based on a user usage history and the geometric data from the CAD model, wherein the user usage history includes recent user selections;
- providing, using the computing device and as a function of a timed schedule, a data link between an RFQ electronic mail template and the design document;
- populate, using the computing device, the RFQ electronic mail template as a function of the design document;
- generating, using the computing device, an RFQ electronic mail based on the RFQ electronic mail template through an electronic mail creation data link;
- and
- sending, using the computing device, the RFQ electronic mail to the associated email address of at least one user-selectable supplier of the subset of user-selectable suppliers through an output electronic mail data link.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.