Method and apparatus for optimizing orders for goods or services to increase a discount

US6078897A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Intraware, Inc. · US

Inventors

• David Rubin · Sayville, US
• Mark Geller · Even Yehuda, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 2, 1998
• Grant date: Jun 20, 2000
• Expiry date: Feb 2, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus accepts a proposed order for products and/or services directed toward a vendor and identifies one or more additional orders that can be combined with the proposed order to obtain a higher volume discount than would be obtained submitting the proposed order by itself. One or more additional orders may contain a quantity of one product available from the vendor that, when combined with the proposed order, will qualify for the next discount higher than would be obtained by the proposed order alone and costs lower than cost of achieving the same discount using another product available from the vendor. One or more additional order may contain a quantity of one product in the proposed order that, when combined with the proposed order, will qualify for the next discount higher than would be obtained by the proposed order alone and costs lower than the cost of achieving the same discount using another product in the proposed order. One or more additional orders may contain all of the products in the proposed order that, when combined with the proposed order, will qualify for the next discount higher than would be obtained by the proposed order alone and is scaled so…