Method and system for communicating between supplier and customer devices

US6578013B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Dell USA L.P. · US

Inventors

• Rose Davis · Austin, US
• Robert L. McMahan · Cedar Park, US
• John Pate · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 17, 1999
• Grant date: Jun 10, 2003
• Expiry date: Nov 17, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0633
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system includes a computing device for storing criteria under which a customer is authorized to purchase a physical item. The computing device receives a request from the customer. In response to the request satisfying the stored criteria, the computing device outputs a signal for purchasing the physical item. The stored criteria may include a monetary budget for purchasing the physical item. The computing device is for modifying the stored criteria to reduce the monetary budget in response to the signal.