Managed inventory

US11107023B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• eBay Inc. · US

Inventors

• Dane Glasgow · Los Gatos, US
• Steve Yankovich · San Jose, US
• Marc Peter Hosein · Saratoga, US
• Shweta Pogde · Sunnyvale, US
• Snigdha Mokkapati · Sunnyvale, US
• Gokulkrishna B. Pillai · San Jose, US
• Sri Harsha Chevuru · San Jose, US
• Dinesh Kumar Damodharan · Santa Clara, US
• Chethan Narayan · San Jose, US
• Vinay Rajashekar Nagar · San Jose, US
• Suraj Chhetri · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 12, 2014
• Grant date: Aug 31, 2021
• Expiry date: Oct 10, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/0875
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Example methods and systems are directed to a managed inventory. A database may store information regarding items owned by a user. The information regarding an item may include a quantity owned and one or more triggering events. Based on the occurrence of a triggering event, an order for the item may be placed without user intervention. Data to the database may be provided by one or more sensors. Triggering events may be defined in terms of sensor data. The triggering event may be defined by a user or through machine learning. The order may be placed using a predetermined modality or a dynamically-determined modality based on one or more criteria, such as price, shipping speed, and the urgency of the order.