Method and computer program product for performing an off-line product availability check at a user computer

US7620571B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Gieselmann · Hockenheim, DE
• Stephan Dust · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 30, 2004
• Grant date: Nov 17, 2009
• Expiry date: Nov 15, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0635
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques describe providing product availability information for use by offline computers. More particularly, a category of product availability for a product is determined at one computer system, often a central logistics or sales system, and transmitted to another computer, typically, though not necessarily, a mobile computer. The category of product availability is accessible at the mobile computer even when the computer is offline—that is, is not connected to the computer that determined the category of product availability.