System and method of safely distributing high demand products
US10796327B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 29, 2018 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07C15/006
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for use with computing devices each associated with one of a plurality of customers. The system includes a customer application executing on each of the computing devices and a computing system that receives requests, from a requesting portion of the computing devices, to purchase a product not yet available for purchase. The computing system assigns potential reservations to selected winning ones of the customers associated with the requesting portion, receives confirmations from a confirmed portion of the selected winning customers, converts the potential reservations to actual reservations for the confirmed portion, and transmits a code to each of the confirmed portion of the selected winning customers only after the selected winning customer submits validation information that the computing system determines satisfies validation criteria. A merchant transfers the product to one of the customers at a physical store location only if the customer provides the code to the merchant.
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