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System for placing orders having mechanism for replacing an item in an electronic catalog

  • US 20020062260A1
  • Filed: 09/21/2001
  • Published: 05/23/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for placing orders for items, comprising a database having various masters, and a server for controlling data communications with a plurality of terminals via a network, and extracting or storing data to or from the various masters in response to requests from the terminals;

  • wherein the database comprises;

    a merchandise master in which is registered information relating to items provided from a dealer to a customer, for each unique item number for the respective items; and

    an MD related master in which is registered, as merchandise assortment (MD) related information, a list of traded items, whose trades have been agreed upon beforehand between that customer and dealer, among those items stored in that merchandise master, for each purchase unit of the customer and for each dealer providing the items to that customer; and

    wherein the server comprises an item replacing controller for, when an item stored in the merchandise master is to be replaced with an item that is a replaceable item but is not contained in the MD related information, controlling the replacement of items provided to the dealers from the customers, according to an automatic replace level defined beforehand in the MD related information.

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