Inventory sales system and method
AssigneePresentation Specialist Technologies, LLC
InventorsJerome Dale Johnson, David Robert Lundberg, Dale Arthur Mehr
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Abstract
A computer system and method of facilitating a sale which permits inventory information to be used in connection with a technology enabled selling (TES) system to facilitate a sale. The inventory information may be used during configuration of an item to be sold to a customer in a manner which allows the sales representative to more easily sell items from inventory if desired.
Claims16
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a configuration engine of a computer system, a query regarding a product included in an inventory;
- determining, by the configuration engine, (i) a plurality of customization options associated with the product, and (ii) which customization options of the plurality of customization options are included in the inventory;
- preparing, by the configuration engine, a list of the customization options determined to be included in the inventory;
- and
- providing, by the configuration engine, the list of customization options for presentation.
A computer system comprising a processing arrangement and a memory arrangement, the processing arrangement configured as a configuration engine for preparing and presenting, responsive to inquiries therefor, inventory-based product information and customization options available for products included in the inventory, wherein the customization options are constrained to the customization options available in the inventory;
- and the memory arrangement is communicatively coupled to the processing arrangement and stores the inventory and product data for use by the configuration engine.
A computer system, comprising a processor and a memory, said memory storing instructions which when executed by the processor configure the computer system with (i) one or more sales tools for use in connection with selling a product, said sales tools including some or all of customer/account management tools, product information tools, financing tools, service tools, life cycle tools, proposal tools, and presentation tools;
- (ii) configuration tools which allow for interactive configuration of a particular product from a list of options for the particular product, said configuration tools being constrained by a number of different rules or configuration solvers so as to limit possible product configurations only those product configurations which are buildable;
- (iii) an inventory management tool communicatively coupled to the configuration tools for configuring products for sale from an inventory;
- and (iv) inventory tools for allowing examination of whether a particular selection may be purchased from the inventory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.