System and method for inquiring remaining quantity of orders

• US 20030212570A1
• Filed: 08/23/2002
• Published: 11/13/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: Chien, Shu-Mei, Lee, Yun-Chi, Chu, Te-Mei, Wu, Kuan-I
• Application Number:
  US10/226,220
• Publication Number:
  US 20030212570A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

A system and a method for inquiring remaining quantity of orders are provided. First, an order database for storing order data and a user database for storing users'"'"' data are established. Then, the system periodically searches and calculates quantity data of unprocessed orders and orders with undelivered products from the order database. Moreover, an identity recognizing module determines and retrieves access rights of a user from the user database according to an identification code inputted by the user. Further, the user with the access rights inputs inquiry conditions for remaining order data, and an order inquiry module retrieves remaining order data from the order database as inquired by the user. Finally, the retrieved remaining order data are displayed on a web page and browsed by the user.

Claims

1. A method for inquiring remaining quantity of orders, for linking terminal devices of a buyer workstation and a seller workstation through a network to an order processing system, wherein the order processing system at least includes a quantity calculating module, an identity recognizing module, an order inquiry module, a user database for storing a plurality of records of users'"'"' data and identification codes respectively corresponding to the records of users'"'"' data, and an order database for storing a plurality of orders generated from buyers;

the method comprising the steps of;

periodically searching in the order database for data of unprocessed orders and orders with undelivered products by sellers via the quantity calculating module;

inputting an identification code via a user through a terminal device of a buyer workstation or a seller workstation, and retrieving access rights of the user via the identity recognizing module from the user database according to the inputted identification code, wherein if the user'"'"'s access rights are retrieved, the user is allowed to input inquiry conditions for the searched data of unprocessed orders and orders with undelivered products to the order processing system; and

retrieving corresponding order data via the order inquiry module according to the user'"'"'s access rights and inputted inquiry conditions, and displaying the retrieved order data through the network on the terminal device of the buyer or seller workstation of the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein if access rights corresponding to the user'"'"'s inputted identification code are incapable of being retrieved by the identity recognizing module from the user database, the order processing system stops operation of data inquiry.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the order processing system is established in at least a network server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the order database is linked to a host used to receive orders from buyers.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the host is an ERP (enterprise resource planning) platform.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the terminal device is a computer.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the order processing system comprises:

the user database linked to a host used to receive orders from buyers, for storing a plurality of records of users'"'"' data;

the order database for storing a plurality of orders generated from buyers;

the quantity calculating module for periodically searching and calculating quantity data of unprocessed orders and orders with undelivered products by sellers from the order database;

the identity recognizing module for determining and retrieving access rights of a user from the user database according to an identification code inputted by the user through a terminal device to the order processing system; and

the order inquiry module for allowing the user with the determined access rights to input inquiry conditions for the quantity data of unprocessed orders and orders with undelivered products, and for retrieving from the order database for the inquired order data to be displayed to the terminal device of the user.

8. A system for inquiring remaining quantity of orders, for being linked with terminal devices of a buyer workstation and a seller workstation through a network, so as to perform ordering operation between buyers and sellers;

the system comprising;

a user database linked to a host used to receive orders from buyers, for storing a plurality of records of users'"'"' data;

an order database for storing a plurality of orders generated from buyers;

a quantity calculating module for periodically searching and calculating quantity data of unprocessed orders and orders with undelivered products by sellers from the order database;

an identity recognizing module for determining and retrieving access rights of a user from the user database according to an identification code inputted by the user through a terminal device to the order processing system; and

an order inquiry module for allowing the user with the determined access rights to input inquiry conditions for the quantity data of unprocessed orders and orders with undelivered products, and for retrieving from the order database for the inquired order data to be displayed to the terminal device of the user.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the system is established in at least a network server.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the order database is linked to a host used to receive orders from buyers.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the host is an ERP (enterprise resource planning) platform.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the terminal device is a computer.