TW522325B - On-line real-time display system and method for goods inventory status - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an on-line real-time display system and method for goods inventory status, which is suitable for combining with a home page server providing on-line shopping. When the customer clicks on a goods, the stocking status for the goods will be displayed on the home page in real-time for existing or lacking of the goods. The system according to the present invention comprises a goods database storing the goods information; a customer database record storing various customer information; a home page server for providing a shopping home page service interface for the Internet connection from the client; a goods storage management module, for receiving the order information transmitted from the home page server to confirm in real-time the quantities for the ordered or remaining status for the stocked goods; and, an order management module, for managing the order information from the customers, so as to send out the message in real-time to notify the customer waiting for the goods when the goods have excess inventory.

Description

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to the online real-time display of product inventory in real time on the website. It is particularly relevant to the decision of a physical product to be purchased when a physical product is consumed. When the website is under-checked or before the notification, when the notification is completed, the customer directly knows the status of some of the business stores of the customer from the sales shelf for the customer's entry status, and then can only know the status. There are two types: online purchase receipt of the ordered product inventory or fax out of the order to the special receipt page, when the shelves are in the store, whether there is stock, sold out and where you can know the purchased items online electronic items, When shopping from an example of product inventory, the customer is sent out when the order is out of stock. The items that can not be confirmed can not be confirmed at the top. The items and quantities of the shelves can be directly included on the out-of-stock shelves. For commercial transaction clients, the general online status is not integrated with the product order. According to the customer's online purchase, the order and quantity are determined by the current status of the product on the shelf. Therefore, before the previous product item or online shopping, you ca n’t see the shop ’s purchase structure interface. After online purchase, the current product store account information is based on the issue of electronics. It ’s clear whether the product is available. The number of ordered products, or the number of customers in terms of general purpose and quantity. The general product quantity usually ends. The customer's inventory is on the website. If e-mail or e-mail is delivered, the customer must

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522325 V. Description of the invention (2) or out-of-stock day guard, display the mouth on the shopping webpage for customer reference. Although this method is lacking ;: = =: sufficient information, but must be prepared to send out the whole; ^ single m winter to confirm the number of products, and finally 2: 1;? Consumer items and diversified knowledge of the product Insufficient quantities often make customers take action on the list and re-order the order, depending on the combination of the above two known online commerce or online shopping with their product purchase combinations—as is true. ^ You can understand that online electronic generation The difference between the number of products ih 1 and the percentage is that the physical place of sale is, however, for online electronic business vines, the self-payer τ can be seen at a glance. The corresponding quantities are not the items and inventions of the products of ^ and σ, and the friend's talk: they are not as good as the real-time information presented by the continuous exchange. In order to provide e-commerce, the above-mentioned transparent information, the shopping system of the present invention, the instant display system and method of the product item and quantity storage status = 2 lies in providing an online product library method, and clicking on the item item number 1 Virtual Reality Shopping Information. The product status can be obtained immediately after the first, second, and third embodiments of the present invention, an instant display system and method, ^ = 仏 an online product inventory status notification. u To provide customers with real-time display systems and methods for changes in product conditions, another aspect of the present invention is: 仏 an online product inventory status management is faster and more accurate to display sales results in real time, making the product library 0720-6443TWF; peggy · ptd Α, description of the invention (3) In order to achieve the above state, the real-time display system is: and: the online product inventory of the present invention is provided for m-end customers to purchase the product through the webpage of the online shopping service, ΌIn order to purchase the product, you can choose the order, and the current status of the product: the second two can be informed from the shopping webpage that the product is out of stock to replenish the stock Ί: Cancel the order-when the product, or know other customers waiting for the productg . Meyue's system and method can instantly store the item inventory of the product. Π 2 The system includes-the product database, the storage material, the record store, and the storage: each 'about the product information,-the customer's shopping web service interface for customers to withdraw pages. The server is used to provide one, each household is connected through the Internet, and one is used to receive the "-", and, and is used to receive the information from the shopping webpage, the real-time management of the inventory of goods in Zili] or order information, the number of mergers and acquisitions, If the number of pre-ordered and out-of-stock goods f 'has been ordered, it will be used to manage the customer's order data. 昉 = After the official order module enters the inventory, B can send a message 6. Notice i ^ After the customer cancels the order Or fill in this "of: Ϊ:; Ϊ ί; customers who are waiting for this product. The condition of the goods of the product, if there is a spot or missing ^ on the webpage first see when you click on the product to add to the shopping list The customer displays the goods status of the product on the shopping webpage, if there is a temple present; the shopping list webpage is displayed. By using the present invention, it is possible to simulate the shortage of the second product in the physical store, etc., and immediately select the product on the shopping webpage / Click on the M workpiece to know the product inventory Real-time display of the status of the goods and goods, and the status and root list. Customers can change their shopping status at any time, the description of the invention (4) :, for example [Cancel the reservation of goods by real-time orders and inventory ΐ : τσ ^ Insufficient situation occurs, if—the client makes the product more than one: the flow side replenishes the inventory of the product, and a notification message is provided a: ftf: The order management module of the present invention can be reached immediately Commodity library two is the best :: Waiting? Client. In this way, in order to allow customers to provide real-time services at the same time in the present invention. Only the following features and advantages of ws 1 can be more obvious and easy to schema The attached drawings are described in detail as follows: Figure 1. Figure 1 shows a system architecture according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention = 2 = Figure _ inventory management according to an embodiment of the present invention Figure 3 Shown is the implementation of the method according to the present invention. Early. The corpse bite shopping status chart. Figure 4 shows the method flow according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Figures 5a-5c show one of the methods according to the present invention. Order quantity change chart. Product symbol description 102A ~ B ~ Client; 104 ~ Web server. 106 ~ Order management module; 108 ~ Inventory management module, 11 2 ~ Product database; 11 4 ~ Customer database; 220 ~ Book name Shed; 240 ~ stock quantity · 2 6 0 ~ shopping list column; 2 6 2 ~ confirmation bar; 522325

2 8 0 ~ Confirm order bar; 284 ~ Waiting bar; 340 ~ Status bar; 3 4 4 ~ Confirm order bar; 3 8 2 ~ Confirm bar; 5 2 ~ First difference; 264 ~ Waiting bar; 2 8 2 ~ confirmation bar; 320 ~ customer name bar; 342 ~ shopping list bar; 3 6 0 ~ book name bar; 3 8 4 ~ waiting bar; 54 ~ second difference. Embodiment Referring to Fig. 1, in a preferred embodiment, an online book ordering system is used as an example to illustrate an instant display system of the online product inventory status of the present invention. The online shopping website for books includes a web server, which provides a book purchase web interface for customers to connect from 102A to 102C through the Internet through a terminal computer. However, the present invention is not limited to the Internet, and is also applicable to online shopping such as wireless application protocol (Wireless Application Protocol, WAP). This web server 1 04 is used to provide shopping web services, such as searching for books, book content introductions, etc. Therefore, this web temple service is also linked to a database of related information, such as: product database 1 1 2料 库 114。 Material library 114. The merchandise database 112 is used to store merchandise information, such as the book name, author, price, and current inventory (the number of goods not yet shipped in the warehouse) sold on the purchase page. In the customer database, the information about the client is recorded, such as customer name (account number and password), delivery address, consumption record, payment record, and customer order. It records the customers who have logged in on this shopping website. data. Refer to Figure 1 again, the instant display of the online product inventory status of the present invention

522325 V. Description of the invention (6) 5ΪΤ for the manager at the time of two. For example, when a customer 102A is connected via the Internet, “two two Hai, the web page 牯’ select a book A on the web page and put it in the shopping list. Officer: The model, 108 searches the product database 112 books = whether the stock is still available and the current stock quantity. In another _Do not every two ::: Storing the official management module can also display the status of the goods on the shopping page immediately, such as Book A is currently in stock, missing or sold. -See Figure 2 in the picture. The status is not recorded by the inventory management module 108 in the "?" State. On the shopping webpage that provides the customer's shopping list or shopping cart; the goods managed by the inventory management module 108 Refers to the goods of [inventory amount 24〇] = three series of gifts = the total number of goods in storage, but not yet shipped. In addition, the status of the status L is divided into two stages'-for [shopping list off for the product reservation it [Order 28〇] is the order status of the product. [Under the shopping list] "Do not click the product to add to the shopping list, but have not yet transmitted the value of the acknowledgment as early as possible, and the value will be: 280 for the next time." This indicates that the customer has confirmed the purchase The list is decisive, and the order is ordered, but the logistics side has not yet shipped from the warehouse ...., material A is: see you; Λ2 picture 'in an embodiment' book selected by customer 102A = youth The Japanese shi is Λ '. When the customer 1〇2Α is the first to purchase the book in the [shopping, ^ 9 store official management module 丨 〇8 in the management block of book A, [士 购物 π 早 260 [Confirmation block 262] in [] is recorded as 丨 (Order quantity: 丄 日 守, [waiting 264], [confirmation Μ], and [waiting m] are all Γ pages After confirming the amount of Λ, the inventory management module 1 08 sends this information to the customer's shopping list, and the customer 102A can download it from the shopping webpage 1 Page 9 0720-6443IW; peggy.ptd 522325 5. Description of the invention ( 7) ί: selected? Book A is available from stock. If the customer 102A confirms that the order is completed, the inventory management module 1G8 transfers an order record in Book A 62] to [Confirm to correct, display The ί = purchase list status is changed to the confirmed order status. At this time, both the stop [Dan =,, awaiting 264] and [waiting 284] are recorded as 0. Completed deposit = two years later "volume management module 1〇8 sent this information to the shopping webpage and the customer A is in stock. The order confirmation screen, that is, the customer 102A confirms the order of the book M "When i Ϊ ΐ 262" and [Confirmation 282] in the two columns Total number of products ^ # Chuzili 240] when the existing quantity, then the customer selected the product; according to == digits [such as fine] or [waiting m]. See the number 2 / said Hezili 240] For the W book, in the field [confirm 282 ^ record as 9 ', there are nine books _ have been confirmed to be ordered, when the customer once selected on the shopping page Select 2 books β to add to the shopping list, then store Γ, and the official module = record the [confirmation block 26 2] in the [structure list 260] as the block [specially 264] record}. In the inventory management module 108, all 10 stocks with a total amount of $ β of the book β have been booked, and there is still one to be replenished. *. After the inventory confirmation, the inventory management module 108 includes this information The shopping list sent to the customer 102Α on the shopping network J shows that there is currently only one book of the book B, and the other: the book needs to wait. Therefore, the customer 1 〇 2Α can show whether or not to change the order of the book β according to the real-time inventory status. Number, order only one, and be willing to wait, or cancel the order for the entire book B. In another embodiment, the inventory management module 108 may display the condition result of the product on the shopping webpage in advance. For example, book A is currently only one | lis page 10 0720-6443TWF; peggy.ptd 522325

This booking, so there are 9 too ^ to show the availability status. Zi'wei therefore on this shopping page, the book a £, invention description (8) page provides a further Ran / Γ management module 108 can be purchased online shopping quantity, out of stock, or :: already booked quantity Exam booked. 々Specially wait for the quantity, etc., to provide customers with reference before booking *-f: Bu 'through the above-mentioned inventory management module 108 to manage the seat in real time h == purchase, you can get the goods in real time ^ ^ ^, σ, you can understand books β Quite well sold, management A § Add orders to publishers or other: ::: Some people: i.e. data capture: pre-support for managing inventory and product flow ... Extremely 1 ηβ In the preferred embodiment, this The system of the invention further includes-order management t :: 106 'linked to the inventory management module 108, which is used to manage the second and provide the notification function of the latest product status. And this order = ί group 106 can be performed on at least-computer host or server, as shown in the figure is an example of a customer order management form, which shows the order status of the customer 1 2A (32G) 'Including the book's book name has been confirmed iV Zhangmu, the state Γ ° is the disc recognition order 344, which means that: 102A = 4 sheets § early' i have completed the order of this order. Youli management group 1 08 manages the total quantity of inventory goods and orders j; manages each customer's order and tracks each customer immediately; management = one book: U Zhongjin can see 'customer 1 ° 2A Of the 2 books ordered, only J has seen the book, and the other is waiting. However,-the customer canceled a book booked in the shopping list "Temple, the stock field management is reasonable

522325 [Invention description (9) Module 1 08 counts one more shippable search module 106 to find out that the customer 10 is still waiting for the book β — that is, order management, fax or telephone at this time Notify u with this message. Both books using email β are available from stock. This kind of power 2A, inform waiting =, has always been an example _, t — online lectures, do n’t apply to limited commercial sales, when 20 books are all booked, with the above supply limit of 1 book 20 out of consumers more Flexible opportunity, when someone cancels the module and offers it online to other consumers waiting for ten. , T, that is, 4 transfer opportunities. In another embodiment, due to the increase in the inventory of the warehouse book B, the book B can be satisfied, so that the order management module 106 confirms that it has excess inventory and waits for it. Of customers, notifications are currently available. Information communication can also be described. In another preferred embodiment, ^ λ — specific rules notify waiting customers as early as possible; the right management group 106 can be based on Sichuan ranks or consumption record ranks. °. ST structure time sequence, the customer cancels the order of a book B, and π is still the second case as an example. '-When the customer can wait for book B according to the time sequence of the two customers' orders, there are books that can be shipped. Or according to the account 2 that the customer who ordered first is a να member, the customer will be notified first. Level 4 'Example: One of the passenger restriction machines: Example: Take :: Management module 丨 〇6 also includes as follows: When the customer's structure list SI limit small system =, if there is a customer with a confirmed order = When the order is not yet confirmed, the product will be transferred to the confirmed status, such as g pet 4 waiting status, then the product is found under the name of the customer. With this restriction mechanism, the 12th ^ ~ 〇72〇.6443TW; peggy ptd t, invention description (10), can avoid customer long, affect the subsequent completion of $, the door is in the shopping list state, and unconfirmed orders see Figure 4 , So-subscription rights. The g of the product inventory status is not an explanation of the online quotient status according to an embodiment of the present invention. Step by step; VW? Inventory of 10 books for a customer via an Internet connection to provide a shopping interface for at least on the shopping page: = select a product item and reservations, customer books A, 3 books. The items and pre-orders of the products purchased by J.K.K., such as the original pre-existing product of the product 40 ’add the pre-order of the product to the status. Figure 5 is reduced, and steps 462 to 466 are used to explain the possible production of Dagukou 圑 Da, which is 钫 λ, which is a new book, and a new booking: 1 for the second child. The original total demand is 6 and it is still in stock. ιοί:, 'Therefore, the new total demand is 3 + 6 = 9 books, fl tT * ^ Λ -Γ Φ, then proceed to step 462, the total demand for this product and 3 books ριί ^^, the total new demand is greater than The predetermined inventory quantity is 0 and the inventory quantity is 10 books. // ♦ The selection of goods is set to wait. When Book A's

Pre-ordered 3 books = the volume has reached 10 books, so the client. It is said that refined A is also available from stock, so all 3 books are set to wait for mt 3 2 § The predetermined inventory quantity is less than the new total demand, and the " Predetermined inventory quantity step 466: Set the second difference value M of \\ available / goods, then carry out the second difference value 54 of the pre-marking number $ of the bamboo slip, and set it as shipable, and

522325 发明. Description of the invention (11) The number of insufficient first differences 52 is set to wait. For example, the inventory is 10 books, while the original total demand is 8 Figure 5. China's Japanese A is called. At this time, the new total demand is dt. This = the difference between the total demand of the customer's reservation is i " small this is a shipment and the two warehouses have a difference! With the reason, this The customer's order of 3 books A 'is set to wait, 2 sets of the second difference 54: 1 set of 52 differences = shopping = line = 0: display the product setting status on the customer's past current goods The setting of the status: the selection of the pre: quantity is displayed on the customer's shopping interface, and the status of the real-time item is in stock or has to wait. p k understand the order of the goods. With the above method, the customer can get results. 4 In another embodiment, it may be: ‘:: The result of the reservation of the item is displayed on the shopping webpage, such as the second item: the quantity of the goods after the reservation. Then other customers can click on: the number of pre-orders, the status before the remaining, to use A 1 j k before the product, understand the product catalogue Μ Λ as a reference for Feng Zhuding or purchase. By refining the virtual environment of the system fish of the present invention, the customers of the shopping website and T can provide a physical shopping mall as compared with the physical store. For the consuming customers, they can make a personal shopping list. F-type, flexible and real-time management portfolio services ..., ϊ 物:; Blida's sub-business from inventory management corner products,: π to achieve customer commitments. According to the present invention, it is possible to know the customer's requirements for 0720-6443IW; peggy.ptd page 14 522325. 5. Description of the invention (12) The degree of demand for various products, which products are pre-purchased or sold quickly, and respond instantly. Reduce the management of online shopping companies and logistics end ★ The system also provides customers with notifications of goods in stock, so that customers can make further ordering choices. Although the present invention defines the present invention with a better practice, anyone who is familiar with this technology is not intended to be limited in scope. It can be done a little, without departing from the spirit of the present invention. The attached application patent shall be as defined by the scope of protection of the present invention. Page 15

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522325 ------ Application for patent scope 1 · An online product library-a web server, which uses a customer to go to a product database through the Internet. The information, inventory quantity and customer database are needed. Shopping customer information; and an inventory management module, ^ when the total demand for the selected commodity is exceeded, the total demand for the selected commodity exceeds the inventory, and the product is selected for settlement 2 · According to the patent application order Management module for stocks larger than the total demand 0, 3 · E-mail, fax and telegram according to the patent application ^ 4 · According to the patent application, the management module includes a cancellation of orders for limited shipments, and To customers of 3Hai products. 5, 5 According to the patent application, email, fax, and telecommence are inconsistent, and there is no obvious combination of _P, including ... Online shopping pages to provide at least ': & choice of items and quantities; ^ Store the requested quantity of the product provided on the online shopping page; store the line linked to the online shopping page according to the selected product item and quantity, and collectively calculate i. When the total demand for the product does not exceed the inventory, the item and quantity are set It is a shipping state. When $, the excess quantity is set to a waiting state. The status is displayed on the customer's shopping page: The system described in item 1, which also includes the management of customer order data 'and 'Issue the system described in item 2 for customers who are waiting for the product, in which the news is from the system described in item 2. The system described in item 2, where the order-based mechanism will exceed the time limit for customers Can send a message to notify other systems described in item 4 in accordance with a specific rule, where one of the messages is 0 522325 Rule 6 of the scope of application for patents Please refer to the system established in item 4 of the scope of patents, where “the chronological order of customers for the specific fee, customer level or customer management” described in item 1 of the “model,” among which is the stock. Including the goods status of the product displayed on the shopping web page 8 shopping malls: the system described in item 1 ... The online list status item and quantity selection status include -structural ^^ Λΐινιτ, ι1 "Address description, consumption V" includes the information of the customer and the customer's order. / Fee 5 has been recorded, and the payment record database stores V product specialists and other employees ^ :; described j: ", where the product and product inventory Information on quantity and demand j D 11 ασ 仏 Grid, product introduction ^ t ^ ^-Provide-shopping interface ..., business L includes: product items and reservations; customers connect via the Internet to select a business to sell the product : Ff booking summer ^ I, new total demand; σ Rong's original total demand to produce one: the new total demand is less than or equal to the reservation amount of the product is set to be shipped and displayed in the customer agency: : 0720-6443TWF; peggy.ptd page 17 522325 patent application scope When the original total demand is greater than or equal to the predetermined inventory quantity, the reservation amount of the product is set to wait and display on the customer's shopping interface μ and ' When the predetermined inventory quantity is less than the new total demand quantity, a first difference representing a shortfall is formed, and the predetermined inventory quantity is greater than the original total demand quantity ^ forming a second difference that can be shipped, The difference amount is set to wait and the second difference amount is set to be shipped, and displayed on the customer's shopping interface. 1 2 · According to the method described in item 丨 丨 of the scope of patent application, which further includes: · Displaying the reservation result of the remote product on the shopping interface. The method according to item 丨 丨 of the scope of patent application, which further includes: when the predetermined inventory quantity of the product increases, a message notification is sent to the customer waiting for the product. 14.1 The method according to item 13 of the scope of patent application, wherein the message is one of email, fax and telephone. 1 ^ 2 According to the method described in Item 丨 丨 of the scope of patent application, wherein the packaged product ordered by 1 customer is not confirmed after a certain period of time: since 5 Γ the status of the product in stock Cancellation '&-specific rules issued flood notice to other customers waiting for the product. 16. According to the method described in item 15 of the scope of patent application, the rule is to wait for the subsequent order of the product and one of the customer's consumption records. 々Customer level 4 or