US 2006/0235768 A1 · System, method, and computer program product for reducing the burden on inventory system by displaying product availability information for a range of parameters related to a product

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program product for providing results concerning product option availability via an interactive display. The invention generates data for display that shows product options in a multi-axis display wherein the axes correspond to at least two criteria related to the product options. The disclosed system also includes a user interface in communication with the interactive display capable of receiving a user input, such as a filter command, for selecting a portion of the product options such that the interactive display may generate a modified graphical image in response to the user input such that the user may be more completely informed of available product options and therefore select an optimal product option from the displayed product options.

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Dependent claims

A system for generating a graphical image of a plurality of product options selected from a database based on a search request in a manner that reduces the burden on inventory systems, the system comprising:

an inventory system comprising a database comprising product options for at least one product;
a host computing element in communication with said inventory system for running queries on said inventory system for availability information related to product options stored in said inventory system;
an interface in communication with said host computing system, said interface capable providing queries from a user to said host computing system and displaying results from the query to the user,
wherein said host computing element provides results to said interface, wherein the results comprise product options illustrated in a graphical image with respect to at least two axes corresponding to at least two criteria related to the product options, and
whereing said host computing system, in response to user input from said interface, creates a modified results in the form of a modified display so that the user may select an optimal product option from the portion of the plurality of product options from the modified display.

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A computer program product for generating a graphical image of a plurality of product options selected from a database based on a search request in a manner that reduces the burden on inventory systems, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code instructions stored therein comprising:

first instruction means for receiving a request for availability of at least one product option;
second instruction means for querying at least one inventory system for availability information related to requested product option;
and
third instruction means for generating results that are displayable by an interface, wherein said third instruction means generates a first result comprising product options illustrated in a graphical image with respect to at least two axes corresponding to at least two criteria related to the product options, and, in response to user input, generates a modified results in the form of a modified display so that the user may select an optimal product option from the portion of the plurality of product options from the modified display.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System, method, and computer program product for reducing the burden on inventory system by displaying product availability information for a range of parameters related to a product

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System, method, and computer program product for reducing the burden on inventory system by displaying product availability information for a range of parameters related to a product

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Abstract

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