Inventory Equalization System
First Claim
1. An in silico enabled inventory management system, the system comprising:
- (a) at least two nodes;
(b) a communication means; and
(e) an exchange processing means, wherein the nodes communicate an inventory data to the inventory management system, and the communicated inventory data is compared by the exchange processing means for compatibility and compatible matches are communicated back to the nodes.
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Abstract
A Business Method by which otherwise independent nodes of a distribution system can interact via an internet website or other means to equalize inventory to their mutual benefit and profit, with the Business Method Practitioner operating the mechanism and retaining a percentage of each transaction as a fee for the service provided. In the retail world for which the Business Method is primarily intended, this has the collateral benefits of reducing the percentage of overstock goods sold at a discount and understock goods purchased at a premium, raising the overall profitability of the industry served, protecting branding, and improving performance of individual nodes of the market and of the overall market.
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31 Claims
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1. An in silico enabled inventory management system, the system comprising:
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(a) at least two nodes;
(b) a communication means; and
(e) an exchange processing means, wherein the nodes communicate an inventory data to the inventory management system, and the communicated inventory data is compared by the exchange processing means for compatibility and compatible matches are communicated back to the nodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An in silico implemented method of managing inventory comprising the steps of:
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(a) having at least two nodes;
(b) communicating mis-stocked inventory data to an inventory management system;
(c) comparing inventory data communicated by the at least two nodes using the inventory management system;
(d) communicating complimentarily matched inventory data to the at least two nodes by the inventory management system. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An internet based inventory management method comprising the steps of:
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(a) having at least two retailers in the shoe retail business connected to an inventory management system;
(b) communicating mis-stock of shoe inventory to the inventory management system using a computer and monitor that accesses the inventory management system via the internet;
(c) comparing the communicated mis-stock of shoe inventory to determine complementarily matched mis-stock of shoe inventory; and
(d) communicating the complementarily matched mis-stock of shoe inventory to the corresponding retailers of the at least two retailers using the internet.
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