Loading patent…
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJia Li, Lev Mirlas, Zhong Wu, Xia Zhang, Yanchun Zhao
Estimating the term…
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to accessing an inventory management system and provide a method, system and computer program product for allocating inventory using a common inventory interface for ordering and payment systems. In one embodiment of the invention, an e-commerce data processing system can include an order entry component configured for coupling to an inventory management system irrespective of an underlying inventory allocation strategy for the inventory management system. The system further can include an inventory management system implementing an underlying inventory allocation strategy and realizing a common inventory interface exposing a check inventory method operable to report an available state for an inventory item irrespective of an underlying strategy for the inventory management system. Finally, the system yet further can include a payment capture component configured for coupling to the order entry component.
A data processing system for allocating inventory, the data processing system comprising:
An data processing system implemented inventory allocation method responsive to submitting an order item for ordering, the method comprising:
A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium embodying computer usable program code for inventory allocation, the computer program product comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.