Inventory management computer system
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1. A computer system comprising:
- an inventory management server;
a plurality of point-of-sale (POS) terminals communicating with the inventory management server over a first network;
a face recognition computer having a camera communicating with the inventory management server over the first network, wherein the face recognition computer is configured to extract feature data from images of customers captured by the camera and transmit the feature data to the inventory management server; and
a portable terminal communicating wirelessly with the inventory management server over a second network,wherein the inventory management server is configured to;
track a quantity of each of a plurality of commodities that are on display for sale and update the quantity based on sales data received over the first network from the POS terminals;
identify customers from the feature data transmitted by the face recognition compute over the first network, retrieve historical purchase data of the identified customers, determine whether any of the commodities on display need to be replenished based on the updated quantity thereof and the historical purchase data of the identified customers; and
transmit an alert to the portable terminal over the second network, the alert indicating one or more of the commodities that need to be replenished.
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Abstract
A computer system includes an inventory management server, a plurality of point-of-sale (POS) terminals communicating with the inventory management server over a first network, a face recognition computer having a camera communicating with the inventory management server over the first network, and a portable terminal communicating wirelessly with the inventory management server over a second network. The inventory management server is configured to generates alerts that are displayed on the portable terminal based on first data from the POS terminals and second data from the face recognition computer.
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1. A computer system comprising:
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an inventory management server; a plurality of point-of-sale (POS) terminals communicating with the inventory management server over a first network; a face recognition computer having a camera communicating with the inventory management server over the first network, wherein the face recognition computer is configured to extract feature data from images of customers captured by the camera and transmit the feature data to the inventory management server; and a portable terminal communicating wirelessly with the inventory management server over a second network, wherein the inventory management server is configured to; track a quantity of each of a plurality of commodities that are on display for sale and update the quantity based on sales data received over the first network from the POS terminals; identify customers from the feature data transmitted by the face recognition compute over the first network, retrieve historical purchase data of the identified customers, determine whether any of the commodities on display need to be replenished based on the updated quantity thereof and the historical purchase data of the identified customers; and transmit an alert to the portable terminal over the second network, the alert indicating one or more of the commodities that need to be replenished. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An inventory tracking method, comprising:
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receiving sales data at an inventory management server from a plurality of point-of-sale (POS) terminals over a first network; receiving feature data at the inventory management server from a face recognition computer having a camera over the first network, wherein the feature data is extracted from images of customers captured by the camera; tracking a quantity of each of a plurality of commodities that are on display for sale and updating the quantity based on sales data received over the first network from the POS terminals; identifying customers from the feature data transmitted by the face recognition compute over the first network; retrieving historical purchase data of the identified customers; determining whether any of the commodities on display need to be replenished based on the updated quantity thereof and the historical purchase data of the identified customers; and transmitting an alert wirelessly to a portable terminal over a second network, an alert indicating one or more of the commodities that need to be replenished. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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