Inter-store inventory transfer

US10565547B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Wayfair LLC · US

Inventors

• Ajay A. Deshpande · White Plains, US
• Arun Hampapur · Norwalk, US
• Yingjie Li · Elgin, US
• Ding Ding Lin · Beijing, CN
• Xuan Liu · Yorktown Heights, US
• Dahai Xing · White Plains, US
• Xiao Bo Zheng · Shanghai, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 5, 2016
• Grant date: Feb 18, 2020
• Expiry date: Jun 12, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/087
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Examples of techniques for generating an inter-store inventory transfer are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method may include defining a subset of stores of a plurality of stores to fulfill inter-store inventory transfer request for a product category of a plurality of product categories. The method may further include, responsive to determining that an order for a product of the product category cannot be fulfilled by one of the stores of the subset of stores of the plurality of stores, determining, by a processing device, an alternate store of the subset of stores to fulfill the order.