AUTOMATED PRODUCT OFFERING

摘要

Automating a product offering presented in a consumer kiosk application for creating and order consumer photo-related products. An automated product offering system determines in real-time or near real-time the availability of products to be offered to the consumer and adjusts the display on the kiosk GUI to guide the user to select products that are currently available. The product availability may be specific to a location and a retailer hosting the consumer kiosk application. The kiosk GUI display is adjusted in accordance with product advertising and promotional campaigns to guide the user to generate orders for products that offer the best value to the consumer while helping retailers and kiosk operators succeed with advertising campaigns.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for consumer interface for creating and ordering photograph customized products, the method comprising:
receiving from a product catalog server a current availability of a product; adjusting a display of products on the consumer user interface in accordance with the availability of any one or more of the products for customization with a user's photographs; and displaying navigational aids on the consumer interface to guide a user navigating the display of products to select products that are currently available over products that are not currently available.