Computerized order entry system and method

US5592378A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Andersen Corporation · US

Inventors

• Paul Scott Cameron · Minneapolis, US
• John Charles Nash · Redwood City, US
• Robert Christopher Bloomer · Little Canada, US
• Robert E. Wollan · Windom, US
• Kelly Marie Kreutter · Minnetonka, US
• Melinda Ann Ahler Olmstead · Shoreview, US
• Dale Harry Renner · Edina, US
• Ryan Douglas Bourne · Eden Prairie, US
• Keith Michael Carnish · Minneapolis, US
• Dean R. Jones · Elyria, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 19, 1994
• Grant date: Jan 7, 1997
• Expiry date: Aug 19, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/02
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computerized order entry system for the placement of an order by a user via a terminal having a display is disclosed. The system includes a data capture mechanism for capturing order information and a storage device for storing the order information captured through the data capture mechanism. The system also provides a user interface for providing the user with access to a plurality of buttons representing a plurality of corresponding order entry functions. Each button is associated with an order entry function window having at least one data capture field into which order information related to the corresponding function may be captured. The user interface includes a mechanism for automatically routing the user to a particular order entry function window upon selection of the associated button. With such a configuration, placement of the order is substantially user-driven.