Real-time display of available products over the internet

US7904975B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VESTURE LLC · US

Inventors

• Andre Kruglikov · Atherton, US
• Sandeep Nijhawan · San Jose, US
• Ajit Ramachandra Mayya · Saratoga, US
• Sunil Bhargava · Hillsborough, US
• Margaret Sue Lloyd · Menlo Park, US
• Justin Miller · Los Gatos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 17, 2007
• Grant date: Mar 15, 2011
• Expiry date: Jul 17, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Computer implemented methods and apparatus for determining availability information for a first one of a plurality of products for publication via a wide area network. The availability information is calculated with reference to a delivery date, an available number of units, and a reserved number of units, the delivery date having been specified by a user via the network, the available number of units having been determined with reference to inventory information, and the reserved number of units having been determined with reference to current order information.