System and method for tracking disposition of items

• US 20050055286A1
• Filed: 07/16/2004
• Published: 03/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hesstech LLC
• Original Assignee: Hesstech LLC
• Inventors: Zimet, David A.
• Application Number:
  US10/893,580
• Publication Number:
  US 20050055286A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A method and system of tracking and the disposition of inventoried items is disclosed. The method and system include assigning an audit code to an incoming inventoried item, wherein the audit code comprises a manual audit code and an automated audit code; auditing the incoming inventoried item to assess the incoming inventory item as suitable for one or more selected from the group consisting of destruction, demanufacturing, resale, recondition, storage, and redeployment; sending the incoming inventoried item to one of a redeployment, a demanufacturing, a reconditioning, a resale, a storage, and a destruction in accordance with the auditing; manually updating the manual audit code in accordance with the auditing and the sending; providing, after the sending and the manually updating, redeployment or resale of at least a portion of the incoming inventoried item audited as suitable for at least one of demanufacturing, resale, recondition, and redeployment; and, finally updating the manual audit code based upon the providing.

Claims

1. A method of tracking and reselling inventoried items, comprising:

assigning an audit code to an incoming inventoried item, wherein the audit code comprises a manual audit code and an automated audit code;

auditing the incoming inventoried item to assess the incoming inventory item as suitable for one or more selected from the group consisting of destruction, demanufacturing, resale, recondition, storage, and redeployment;

sending the incoming inventoried item to one of a redeployment, a demanufacturing, a reconditioning, a resale, a storage, and a destruction in accordance with said auditing;

manually updating the manual audit code in accordance with said auditing and said sending;

providing, after said sending and said manually updating, redeployment or resale of at least a portion of the incoming inventoried item audited as suitable for at least one of demanufacturing, resale, recondition, and redeployment; and

finally updating the manual audit code based upon said providing.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said sending comprises:

making the incoming inventoried item available for auction in accordance with an outcome of said auditing that the inventoried item is resellable.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said providing comprises:

auctioning the incoming inventoried item audited as resellable by at least one of a line item auction and a lot auction; and

disposing of the resellable incoming inventoried item, upon completion of said auctioning, in accordance with an outcome of said auctioning.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said finally updating comprises:

tracking said disposing, wherein said tracking updates said auditing.

5. A method of reselling inventoried items, comprising:

auditing the incoming inventoried item to assess the incoming inventory item as suitable for resale;

making the incoming inventoried items available for auction in accordance with said auditing;

auctioning the incoming inventoried item by at least one of a line item auction and a lot auction;

disposing of the incoming inventoried item, upon completion of said auctioning, in accordance with an outcome of said auctioning; and

tracking said disposing, wherein said tracking updates a code associated with said auditing.

12. The method of claim 5, wherein said auctioning comprises providing multiple auction views.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein each of the multiple views is one selected from the group consisting of an auction search page, a bid page, an inventoried item detail page, and a summary page.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the auction search page provides for:

searching of available ones of the inventoried item by at least one selected from the group consisting of an item number, an item type, a manufacturer, a make, and a model.

15. The method of claim 5, wherein said auctioning comprises one of a closed auctioning and an open auctioning.

6. The method of 5 wherein said auditing comprises:

assigning an audit code to the incoming inventoried item, wherein the audit code comprises a manual audit code and an automated audit code.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said tracking further comprises;

updating two databases, wherein a first of the two databases is local and is updated at the outcome of said auctioning, and wherein a second database is remote and is updated in accordance with a receipt of update from the first database.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first database is secure from the second database.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the security comprises a user login, and wherein a third database comprises an association of a plurality of client logins with a plurality of security clearances.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein said updating of the second database comprises a one way SQL server replicating.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said replicating occurs transactionally.

16. A system for tracking and disposition of inventoried items, comprising:

an audit code assigner that assigns an audit code to an incoming inventoried item, wherein the audit code comprises a manual audit code and an automated audit code;

an auditor that audits the incoming inventoried item to assess the incoming inventory item as suitable for one or more selected from the group consisting of destruction, demanufacturing, resale, reconditioning, storage, and redeployment;

at least one of a redeployer, a demanufacturor, a reconditioner, a reseller, a scorer, and a destructor associated with said auditor, wherein at least one of said at least one redeployer demanufacturor, reconditioner, reseller,

storer, and destructor performs a disposition of said inventoried item in accordance with the audit by said auditor; and

at least one updator that manually updates the manual audit code at each of said audit code assignor, said auditor, and said at least one redeployer, demanufacturor, reconditioner, reseller, storer, and destructor.

17. A method of tracking and reselling inventoried items, said method comprising:

assigning an audit code to an incoming inventoried item, wherein said audit code comprises a manual audit code and an automated audit code;

auditing the incoming inventoried item to assess the incoming inventory item as suitable for one or more of the group consisting of the destruction, demanufacturing, resale, reconditioning, storage, and redeployment;

sending the incoming inventoried item to one of the group consisting of redeployment, demanufacturing, reconditioning, resale, storage, and destruction in accordance with said auditing;

manually updating the manual audit code in accordance with said auditing and said sending;

providing disposition of at least a portion of the incoming inventoried item audited as suitable for at least one of demanufacturing, resale, reconditioning, and redeployment; and

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updating the manual audit code based upon the information provided to the system.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein said disposition includes one of at least redeployment or resale.

19. A method of reselling inventoried leas, said method comprising:

auditing the incoming inventoried item to assess the incoming inventory item as suitable for resale;

making the incoming inventoried item available for auction in accordance with said auditing;

auctioning the incoming inventoried item by at least one of a line item auction and a lot auction;

disposing of the incoming inventoried item in accordance with an outcome of said auctioning; and

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tracking said disposing,

wherein the tracking updates a code associated with the auditing.

20. A system for tracking and disposition of inventoried items, said system comprising:

an audit code assigner suitable for assigning a manual audit code and an automated audit code of the inventoried item;

an auditor that audits the incoming inventoried item to assess the incoming inventory item as suitable for one or more of destruction, demanufacturing, resale, reconditioning storage, and redeployment;

at least one of a redeployer, a demanufacturor, a reseller a storer and a destructor associated with said auditor; and

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at least one updator suitable for manually updating the manual audit code at each of the audit code assignor, the auditor, and the at least one redeployer, demanufacturor, reconditioner, reseller, storer, and destructor.