Just-in-time (JIT) event information for retail industry

US7117212B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

• Lawrence P. Frumusa · Webster, US
• Michael H. Wang · Macedon, US
• Susan Marie Grassi · Webster, US
• Holly Elizabeth Turner · Rochester, US
• Qi Sun · Centereach, US
• Ann Davidson · Canandaigua, US
• Cheryl R. Jones-Richter · Victor, US
• Krishna Kumar · Kanchinakote, IN
• Scott L. Bonisteel · Brockport, US
• Ankoor Bodhe · Burlington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 14, 2003
• Grant date: Oct 3, 2006
• Expiry date: Aug 7, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99944
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An intranet online dissemination system that facilitates real time automated communication of event information to a particular user's profile. The system comprises a communication medium including a host interface for creating, categorizing, and timing the event's information. A digital repository is provided for storing the event information. Additionally, a processing module is coupled to the repository and the host interface for queuing and disseminating the event information to a user interface. An information module is provided for identifying a user and a user's profile to the system at the user interface. The processing module selectively communicates the event information via the communication medium to the user based upon the user's profile.