Wallpaper catalogue system

• US 20050049889A1
• Filed: 09/02/2003
• Published: 03/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Janice Lorraine Stiles
• Original Assignee: Janice Lorraine Stiles
• Inventors: Stiles, Janice Lorraine
• Application Number:
  US10/652,937
• Publication Number:
  US 20050049889A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

A computerized method will help retailers sell more special order wallpaper and millwright and manage wallpaper and millwright catalogue book inventory better. More specifically, the computerized method will help find patterns with specific motifs and/or colors, sign wallpaper books out of a retail store, sign wallpaper books back in as they are received/returned to the store, provide the ability to define wallpaper and millwright catalogue books, provide the ability list book inventory and status, provide the ability to print marketing information on customer printouts and provide the ability to backup and restore the system database.

Claims

1. In a system including a computer and a printer, a computerized method for:

(a) searching for wallpaper patterns in a retailer'"'"'s wallpaper book inventory by color and/or motif; and

(b) signing/checking out wallpaper books; and

(c) signing/checking in wallpaper books; and

(d) adding/defining, activating, updating, deactivating and archiving wallpaper books; and

(e) adding pricing information for wallpaper patterns either generically or individually; and

(f) listing wallpaper book inventory; and

(g) providing marketing information on customer printouts; and

(h) backing up and restoring wallpaper book databases.

2. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the subject wallpaper book inventory is supplanted by millwright book inventory.

3. A program storage medium readable by a computer, tangibly embodying a program of instruction executable by the computer to perform the method steps comprising:

(a) searching for wallpaper patterns in a retailer'"'"'s wallpaper book inventory by color and/or motif; and

(b) signing/checking out wallpaper books; and

(c) signing/checking in wallpaper books; and

(d) adding, activating, updating, deactivating and archiving wallpaper books; and

(e) adding pricing information for wallpaper patterns either generically or individually; and

(f) listing wallpaper book inventory; and

(g) providing marketing information on customer printouts; and

(h) backing up and restoring wallpaper book databases.

4. The computer readable medium of claim 3, wherein the method steps apply to millwright book inventory.