Purchase list having status indicators

• US 20050216357A1
• Filed: 07/30/2004
• Published: 09/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Freitag, Andreas, Wittmer, Holger
• Granted Patent: US 7,805,335 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0875 Itemisation or classification of parts, supplies or services, e.g. bill of materials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering

Abstract

A method of indicating the status of items in one or more databases includes displaying a list of items of interest, and displaying a visual status indicator for each of the items in the list of items of interest, wherein the visual status indicator is configured to indicate the status of the item of interest. A system for indicating the status of items in one or more databases includes means for displaying a list of items of interest, and means for displaying a visual status indicator for each of the items in the list of items of interest, wherein the visual status indicator is configured to indicate the status of the item of interest.

Claims

1. A method of indicating the status of items in one or more databases, comprising:

displaying a list of items of interest; and

displaying a visual status indicator for each of the items in the list of items of interest, wherein the visual status indicator is configured to indicate the status of the item of interest.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the visual status indicator is configured to indicate at least one of a first status, a second status and a third status.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first status indicates that a purchase order has been generated for the item of interest.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the second status indicates that a purchase order has not been generated for the item of interest.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the third status indicates that there is an insufficient amount of money available to generate a purchase order for the item of interest.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the visual status indicator is configured to indicate at least one of the first status, the second status and the third status by a color of at least one of a first display area associated with the first status, a second display area associated with the second status, and a third display area associated with the third status.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the color of the visual status indicator indicates whether a purchase order has been generated for the item of interest.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the shape of the visual status indicator indicates whether a purchase order has been generated for the item of interest.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the visual status indicator includes alphanumeric text.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of items of interest includes at least one of a retail sales article and a service.

11. A system for indicating the status of items in one or more databases, comprising:

means for displaying a list of items of interest; and

means for displaying a visual status indicator for each of the items in the list of items of interest, wherein the visual status indicator is configured to indicate the status of the item of interest.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the visual status indicator is configured to indicate at least one of a first status, a second status and a third status.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the first status indicates that a purchase order has been generated for the item of interest.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the second status indicates that a purchase order has not been generated for the item of interest.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the third status indicates that there is an insufficient amount of money available to generate a purchase order for the item of interest.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the visual status indicator is configured to indicate at least one of the first status, the second status and the third status by a color of at least one of a first display area associated with the first status, a second display area associated with the second status, and a third display area associated with the third status.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the color of the visual status indicator indicates whether a purchase order has been generated for the item of interest.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the shape of the visual status indicator indicates whether a purchase order has been generated for the item of interest.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the visual status indicator includes alphanumeric text.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the list of items of interest includes at least one of a retail sales article and a service.

21. A program product for indicating the status of items in one or more databases, said program product comprising machine-readable program code for causing, when executed, one or more machines to perform the following method steps:

displaying a list of items of interest; and

displaying a visual status indicator for each of the items in the list of items of interest, wherein the visual status indicator is configured to indicate the status of the item of interest.

22. The program product of claim 21, wherein the visual status indicator is configured to indicate at least one of a first status, a second status and a third status.

23. The program product of claim 22, wherein the first status indicates that a purchase order has been generated for the item of interest.

24. The program product of claim 22, wherein the second status indicates that a purchase order has not been generated for the item of interest.

25. The program product of claim 22, wherein the third status indicates that there is an insufficient amount of money available to generate a purchase order for the item of interest.

26. The program product of claim 22, wherein the visual status indicator is configured to indicate at least one of the first status, the second status and the third status by a color of at least one of a first display area associated with the first status, a second display area associated with the second status, and a third display area associated with the third status.

27. The program product of claim 21, wherein the color of the visual status indicator indicates whether a purchase order has been generated for the item of interest.

28. The program product of claim 21, wherein the shape of the visual status indicator indicates whether a purchase order has been generated for the item of interest.

29. The program product of claim 21, wherein the visual status indicator includes alphanumeric text.

30. The program-product of claim 21, wherein the list of items to of interest includes at least one of a retail sales article and a service.