Budget-based approval-less ordering for punchout users in an ecommerce marketplace

US12430690B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Ankur Anand · Patna, IN
• Vikash Kumar Jain · Fort Lee, US
• Manish Kumar · Frisco, US
• Abhinav Kasliwal · Shoreline, US
• Santosh Vasant Bhosale · Bothell, US
• Hersh Nagar · Snoqualmie, US
• Brandon Le · Oceanside, US
• Satya S. Mishra · Redmond, US
• Neha Goswami · Seattle, US
• Steven David Kann · Mercer Island, US
• Yi Lu · Beijing, CN
• Kian Leong Ong · Lynnwood, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 2021
• Grant date: Sep 30, 2025
• Expiry date: Dec 5, 2042

Classification

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

Abstract

A customer eProcurement system enables a blanket purchase order on a supplier website to establish a budget, which buyers can use without the need to take their cart back to the customer eProcurement system. The budget value for a buyer or a group of buyers allows them to perform their buying functions without the need for further internal processing by the customer system so long as purchases are within the budget. The blanket purchase order allows buyers to place the orders directly on the supplier website, while at the same time following policies of the customer eProcurement system and allows easier order reconciliation within the customer system.