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US 2013/0173430 A1Published application
Computer program, method, and system for inventory management and point of sale
AssigneeInvenquery, LLC
InventorNathan Benjamin
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Abstract
A computer program, method, and system for managing, marketing, and selling an inventory of unique items. In more detail, the computer program, method, and system provide for the managing, marketing, and selling of an inventory of unique items, such as small-quantity or single-quantity items that are difficult and/or time-consuming to individually register and categorize.
Claims19
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon for managing inventories of unique items, wherein the program instructs a processor to perform the following steps:
- receive information indicative of a request for a new unique item to be registered in an inventory database,
- wherein the inventory database has registered therein a plurality of unique items,
- wherein the inventory database includes attribute information associated with each of the unique items registered in the inventory database;
- assign a unique identifier to the new unique item;
- register the new unique item in the inventory database;
- receive attribute information corresponding to the new unique item;
- provide to a user a set of computer-executable instructions that when executed by a user's computing device, generate a user interface displayable on an electronic display coupled to the user's computing device;
- receive information indicative of a request by the user, via the user's computing device, to search the plurality of unique items registered in the inventory database for one or more selected unique items whose attribute information matches a search criteria;
- present to the user, via the user interface, attribute information of the one or more selected unique items whose attribute information matches the search criteria,
- wherein the attribute information of the new unique item is included in the attribute information of the one or more selected unique items whose attribute information matches the search criteria and is presented to the user;
- and
- receive information indicative of a request for the new unique item to be unregistered from the inventory database,
- wherein upon receiving the information indicative of the request for the new unique item to be unregistered from the inventory database, the new unique item is unregistered from the inventory database and the attribute information of the new unique item is no longer available to be presented to the user via the user interface.
10 more elements
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon for managing inventories of unique items, wherein the program instructs a processor to perform the following steps:
- receive information indicative of a request for a new unique item to be registered in an inventory database,
- wherein the inventory database has registered therein a plurality of unique items;
- assign a unique identifier to the new unique item;
- register the new unique item in the inventory database;
- provide to a user a set of computer-executable instructions that when executed by a user's electronic device, generate a user interface displayable on an electronic display coupled to the user's electronic device;
- present to the user, via the user interface, attribute information of one or more unique items from the plurality of unique items registered in the unique item database,
- wherein the attribute information of the new unique item is included in the attribute information of the one or more unique items presented to the user;
- and
- receive information indicative of a request for the new unique item to be unregistered from the inventory database,
- wherein upon receiving the information indicative of the request for the new unique item to be unregistered from the inventory database, the new unique item is unregistered from the inventory database and the attribute information of the new unique item is no longer available to be presented to the user via the user interface.
7 more elements
A method for managing inventories of unique items, including the steps of:
- receiving a request for a new unique item to be registered, via a processor, in an inventory database,
- wherein the inventory database has registered therein a plurality of unique items,
- wherein the inventory database includes attribute information associated with each of the unique items registered in the inventory database;
- assigning, via the processor, a unique identifier to the new unique item;
- registering, via the processor, the new unique item in the inventory database;
- receiving attribute information corresponding to the new unique item;
- providing to a user a set of computer-executable instructions that when executed by a user's computing device, generate a user interface displayable on an electronic display coupled to the user's computing device;
- receiving a request by the user, via the user's computing device, to search, via the processor, the plurality of unique items registered in the inventory database for one or more selected unique items whose attribute information matches a search criteria;
- presenting to the user, via the user interface, attribute information of the one or more selected unique items whose attribute information matches the search criteria,
- wherein the attribute information of the new unique item is included in the attribute information of the one or more selected unique items whose attribute information matches the search criteria and is presented to the user;
- and
- receiving a request for the new unique item to be unregistered, via the processor, from the inventory database,
- wherein upon receiving the information indicative of the request for the new unique item to be unregistered from the inventory database, the new unique item is unregistered from the inventory database and the attribute information of the new unique item is no longer available to be presented to the user via the user interface.
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The method 15, wherein the attribute information of the unique items registered in the inventory database includes one or more of the following types of information:
- a category of the unique items, a price of the unique items, digital images of the unique items, a weight of the unique items, and a condition of the unique items.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.