US 2018/0025409 A1Published application

Supply ordering system

AssigneeSchool Family Media, LLC

InventorsJohn Driscoll, John Kirby, Dyanne Griffin, Tim Sullivan

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Abstract

A system for facilitating the creation, dissemination and fulfillment of supply lists includes a central controller that receives native supply lists from supply requestors. The controller uses intelligent matching to classify and translate individual items from each native supply list into an electronic supply list on a standardized platform, the electronic supply list including a UPC for each requested item as well as any personalized content. The electronic supply list is then rendered accessible not only to purchasers responsible for ordering the supplies but also retailers designated to sell the supply items. The use of UPCs allows for direct list fulfillment by a purchaser in communication with the central controller. Through a one-click initiation process, the purchasing party is redirected to the e-commerce site for the retailer, with the UPCs for the items in the electronic class list automatically extracted by the controller and loaded into a virtual shopping cart.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A system for facilitating the ordering of supplies, the system comprising:

(a) a supply ordering facilitator, the supply ordering facilitator comprising a central controller;
(b) a supply requestor, the supply requestor comprising a first compute device in electrical communication with the central controller, the supply requestor creating a native supply list with one or more items, the native supply list being received by the supply ordering facilitator, the central controller translating the native supply list into an electronic supply list on a standardized electronic platform, the electronic supply list being stored by the supply ordering facilitator;
(c) a supply purchaser, the supply purchaser comprising a second compute device in electrical communication with the central controller, the supply purchaser retrieving the electronic supply list from the central controller using the second compute device;
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(d) a retailer, the retailer comprising a server in electrical communication with each of the central controller and the second compute device, the server supporting an e-commerce shopping platform;
(e) wherein the central controller is adapted to directly integrate the electronic supply list into a virtual shopping cart in the e-commerce shopping platform.

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Facts

Application: 15/652,371Filed 18 Jul 2017
Priority: 19 Jul 2016
Published: 25 Jan 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G06Q 30/0635
Managing shopping lists, e.g. compiling or processing purchase lists: replenishment orders; recurring orders
G06Q 10/087
Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management: inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling,…
G06Q 10/0874
Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders: inventory fulfillment
G06Q 50/20
Services: education

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Application62/363,975Us provisional application · filed 19 Jul 2016
Application62/416,192Us provisional application · filed 2 Nov 2016
US 10,839,449 B2Related patent
US 2018/0025409 A1This patent

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