Patent · US Expired

Method for using computers to facilitate and control the creating of a plurality of functions

US6446045B1 · kind B1 · utility

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23Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 10, 2000
Grant dateSep 3, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 10, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q30/0641
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is a method and apparatus that allows competing as well as complementing suppliers, vendors, service providers, purveyors, and other types of sellers internal inventory management as well as controlled design and publication of presentations for external near real-time interactive access to buyer-centered presentation, sales, distribution, and confirmation systems as well as other traditional media advertising and outreach. The Automated Media Presentation Generator including a Publication and Placement Control Engine, integrates a Distributed Sales and Inventory Control structure with Processing and Communications Resource Saver, and further provides a Reservation, Access, and Verification System replacing traditional ticket and confirmation methods.

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