Intelligent item tracking and expedited item reordering by stakeholders

US10706456B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Staples, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Ian Goodwin · Boston, US
• Faisal Masud · Fall City, US
• Shiv Agarwal · Sammamish, US
• Ryan Bartley · Sammamish, US
• M. Steven Walker · Andover, US
• Pratabkumar Vemana · Westborough, US
• Daniel Hailemariam · Bothell, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 22, 2016
• Grant date: Jul 7, 2020
• Expiry date: May 16, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0641
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer-implemented method and system are described for ordering items within a zone of a physical location. An example method may include wirelessly receiving at a server via a computer network a unique identifier associated with a physical ordering device, the physical ordering device being remotely located from the server, retrieving, at the server from an information source, item information describing an item configured to be associated with the unique identifier of the physical ordering device, retrieving, at the server from the information source, shipping data including a physical location uniquely associated with the physical ordering device, and generating at the server a purchase request for re-ordering the item. The method may further include processing at the server the purchase request, and authorizing at the server shipment of the item to the physical location associated with the physical ordering device responsive to the processing of the purchase request.