发明名称 Method and apparatus to automate consumer replenishment shopping by periodicity
摘要 According to the present invention, a method to automate the replenishment of one or more items on a shopping list. The method comprising the steps of storing data representing an inventory of items for sale at the e-commerce site; storing one or more shopping lists, each for a plurality of consumers at the e-commerce site; storing the purchase history of the items purchased by one or more consumers at the e-commerce site; storing a predetermined periodicity of previous purchases of one or more items previously purchased from the e-commerce site by looking at a pattern of past purchase histories for one or more items; receiving a request from the at least one consumer for at least one of the shopping lists to build an active shopping list; reviewing the purchase history for the at least on consumer to determine if at least one item previously purchased from the purchase history has exceeded the predetermined periodicity including a shelf-life; prompting the at least one consumer to authorize the addition of the at least one item previously purchased, if the item has exceeded the predetermined periodicity; and adding the at least one item to the active shopping list if authorized by the at least one consumer. In an alternate embodiment, a computer readable medium and system is disclosed that corresponds to the method above.
申请公布号 US7130814(B1) 申请公布日期 2006.10.31
申请号 US20000604189 申请日期 2000.06.27
申请人 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 发明人 SZABO ROBERT M.;FORTENBERRY KEITH N.;TOOHEY JAMES J.
分类号 G06F17/60 主分类号 G06F17/60
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