# US 2018/0322548 A1 · Furniture Ordering and Marketing System and Method Thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0322548 A1 - Document ID: US20180322548A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/588,686 - Filed: 2017-05-07 - Published: 2018-11-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-05-07 - Assignees: Furniture of America, Inc. - Inventors: Lei YANG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180322548A1 ## CPC - G06Q 30/0603: {Catalogue creation or management} - G06Q 10/083: Shipping - G06Q 10/087: Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders - G06Q 10/0874: {Inventory fulfillment (shipping G06Q10/083)} - G06Q 30/0283: Price estimation or determination - G06Q 30/0617: {Representative agent} - G06Q 30/0641: {utilising user interfaces specially adapted for shopping} - G06Q 10/40: Business processes related to social networking or social networking services - G06Q 30/0601: Electronic shopping [e-shopping] - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A furniture ordering and marketing method includes the steps of providing furniture products in a uniform warehouse; under control of a service system, providing a templated website displaying furniture products information, identifying a distributor in response to a log request from the distributor via a client system, converting the templated website into an individual website with the distributor's individual information, processing an placed order sent from the individual website, and shipping ordered furniture products from the uniform warehouse to a shipping address on the placed order. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A furniture ordering and marketing method, comprising the steps of: (A) providing furniture products in a uniform warehouse; (B) under control of a service system, providing a templated website displaying furniture products information; (C) identifying a distributor in response to a log request from the distributor via a client system; (D) converting the templated website into an individual website with the distributor's individual information; (E) processing a placed order sent from the individual website; and (F) shipping ordered furniture products from the uniform warehouse to a shipping address on the placed order. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 1, wherein the step (D) further comprises the steps of: (D1) under control of the service system, receiving a MSRP mode request sent from the client system by the distributor; (D2) configuring pricing data of the furniture products in response to a markup action of the distributor via the client system; and (D3) displaying the configured furniture products pricing information on the individual website. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 2, wherein the step (D3) further comprises the steps of: (D31) generating a customer order in response to a sale confirming request sent by a customer from the client system; and (D32) generating a distributor order in response to a checkout request sent by the distributor from the client system. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 3, wherein the step (D31) further comprises the steps of: (D311) retrieving ordered furniture products pricing data of the individual website; and (D312) displaying ordered furniture products pricing information on the generated customer order. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 3, wherein the step (D32) further comprises the steps of: (D321) retrieving ordered furniture products pricing data of the templated website; and (D322) displaying ordered furniture products pricing information on the generated distributor order. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 1, further comprising a step of generating a sale catalog. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 6, further comprising a step of displaying the sale catalog information on the individual website. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 7, further comprising the steps of: receiving a MSRP mode request sent from the client system by the distributor; configuring furniture products pricing data of the sale catalog; and displaying a repriced sale catalog information on the individual website. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 2, further comprising a step of generating a sale catalog. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 9, further comprising a step of displaying the sale catalog information on the individual website. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 10, wherein the step (D1) further comprises the steps of: configuring furniture products pricing data of the sale catalog; and displaying a repriced sale catalog information on the individual website. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 2, wherein the step (D1) further comprises the steps of: configuring furniture products pricing data of a sale catalog; and displaying a repriced sale catalog information on the individual website. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 1, wherein the step (B) further comprises a step of, under control of the service system, detecting a login state. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 13, further comprising a step of, when a user of the template website is not in the login state, providing register Web pages. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 13, further comprising a step of, when a user of the template website is in the login state, identifying the account type of the user. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 15, further comprising a step of, when the account type is a customer account type, generating a custom order with furniture products pricing on the templated website. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 16, further comprising a step of receiving a confirmation from the customer account. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 17, further comprising a step of shipping the ordered furniture from the uniform warehouse to a customer address on the custom order. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 15, further comprising a step of, when the account type is a distributor account type, converting the template website into an individual website. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 19, further comprising a step of, under control of the client system, displaying the individual website for the distributor. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 20, further comprising a step of, under control of the service system, generating a custom order with furniture products pricing on the individual website. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 21, further comprising a step of generating a distributor order with furniture products pricing on the templated website. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 22, further comprising a step of receiving a confirmation from the distributor. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The furniture ordering and marketing method, as recited in claim 23, further comprising a step of shipping the ordered furniture from the uniform warehouse to a customer address on the custom order. ### Claim 25 A furniture ordering and marketing system, comprising a service system and a client system communicatingly connected with said service system, wherein the service system provides information of furniture products which are stored in a warehouse and sends Web pages of the furniture products information to the client system, wherein the service system comprises a converting module which converts a templated website into an individual website having an individual information. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The furniture ordering and marketing system, as recited in claim 25, wherein the service system comprises a Web page presenting module generating Web pages in response to requests sent from the client system. ### Claim 27 (depends on 25) The furniture ordering and marketing system, as recited in claim 25, wherein the converting module is added a distributor' logo information on the individual website. ### Claim 28 (depends on 25) The furniture ordering and marketing system, as recited in claim 25, wherein the service system comprises a furniture information database and a sale process module retrieving sale catalog data from the furniture information database and sending to a Web page presenting module generating Web pages in response to requests sent from the client system. ### Claim 29 (depends on 25) The furniture ordering and marketing system, as recited in claim 25, wherein the service system comprises an orders database and an order history module retrieving sales history information data from the orders database. ### Claim 30 (depends on 25) The furniture ordering and marketing system, as recited in claim 25, wherein the service system comprises a MSRP mode module configuring pricing data of the furniture products in response to a MSRP mode request sent from the client system by a distributor, so that retail prices of the furniture products displaying in the individual website are able to be repriced by the distributor. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The furniture ordering and marketing system, as recited in claim 30, wherein the service system comprises a Web page presenting module generating Web pages displaying the configured furniture products pricing information on the individual website. ### Claim 32 (depends on 31) The furniture ordering and marketing system, as recited in claim 31, wherein the service system comprises an account log module identifying a consumer account and a distributor account. ### Claim 33 (depends on 25) The furniture ordering and marketing system, as recited in claim 25, wherein the service system comprises an account log module identifying a consumer account and a distributor account. ### Claim 34 (depends on 33) The furniture ordering and marketing system, as recited in claim 33, wherein the service system comprises a register module generating a unique customer ID for the consumer account and generating a unique distributor ID for the distributor account. ### Claim 35 (depends on 33) The furniture ordering and marketing system, as recited in claim 33, wherein the service system comprises a location module acquiring location information data of the distributor account. ### Claim 36 (depends on 25) The furniture ordering and marketing system, as recited in claim 25, wherein the service system comprises a furniture products catalog, and a catalog module retrieving furniture products catalog data from the furniture products catalog and sending to a Web page presenting module generating Web pages with furniture products catalog information.