Commodity order acceptance and transportation system, method, and recording medium
US7418404B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 20, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 10, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0633
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An administrator of a system 10 sells an own company's or another company's commodity to a user via a facsimile, telephone, and electronic mail in order to deal with another company's commodity and support and correspond to diversifying customer purchase needs without suffering from inventory. A user information storage device 14 is provided so as to store an amount of payment for a commodity and support, which is determined by a user and dealer, together with user information. A buying-in information storage device 15 is provided so as to store a buying-in price of the commodity and support from a provider thereof. A reception device 11 is provided so as to receive purchase request information from a user 1. A reception processing device 13 is provided so as to consolidate the purchase request information and perform an order acceptance process in accordance with the purchase request information. A commodity transportation instruction device 16 refers to various information stored in the user and buying-in information storage devices 14 and 15 in accordance with the order acceptance process, and instruct the provider to either transport the commodity or provide the support. The pr…
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