Enhanced business and inventory mangement systems

• US 20100070333A1
• Filed: 04/24/2006
• Published: 03/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ISRA LLC
• Original Assignee: ISRA LLC
• Inventors: Musa, John A
• Application Number:
  US11/919,285
• Publication Number:
  US 20100070333A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0875 Itemisation or classification of parts, supplies or services, e.g. bill of materials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/203 Inventory monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting

Abstract

Various methods and systems such as in a software application are presented which may include automated purchase recommendations based on amalgamated purchase constraints (4) for business inventory maintenance, notation of events through noted event entry portals (31) for business related observation recordation, automatic facilitation of regular debut of initial suggested industry tied information (50), presentation of business performance data (65) and disparate substantially redundant business performance data (67) in a business performance display (66) for a summary review of business operations, and easy selection of inventory items (83) from a recommended hierarchical categorization of inventory items which may be used to create buying reports, ad hoc reports, and the like.

Claims

1-35. -35. (canceled)

36. A method of maintaining business inventory comprising the steps of:

providing a business inventory system;

automatically providing at least two inventory items in an inventory item display of said business inventory system;

user selecting an amalgamated purchase constraint from at least one automatically generated amalgamated purchase constraint for said at least two inventory items;

automatically allocating a purchase recommendation for said at least two inventory items based on said amalgamated purchase constraint for said at least two inventory items; and

automatically displaying said purchase recommendation of said automatic allocation.

38. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 36 wherein said step of selecting said amalgamated purchase constraint for said at least two inventory items comprises the step of selecting said amalgamated purchase constraint from at least two amalgamated purchase constraints for said at least two inventory items.

39. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 38 wherein said amalgamated purchase constraint is selected from the group consisting of a current average amalgamated purchase constraint, and at least one historical amalgamated purchase constraint.

40. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 39 and further comprising the step of defaulting said amalgamated purchase constraint to said current average amalgamated purchase constraint.

41. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 36 wherein said step of selecting said amalgamated purchase constraint for said at least two inventory items comprises the step of selecting a percentage mixture for said at least two inventory items.

42. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 36 wherein said step of automatically providing at least two inventory items in said inventory item display of said business inventory system comprises the step of automatically providing purchase data of said at least two inventory items in said inventory item display of said business inventory system.

43. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 42 wherein said purchase data is selected from the group consisting of number of units sold, amalgamated purchase constraints, percentage mixture, per day averages, current data, current number of units sold, current percentage mixture, current per day averages, historical purchase data, historical monthly purchase data, prior monthly purchase data, prior monthly number of units sold, prior percentage mixture, prior monthly per day averages, 12 month trend, and recapitulation data.

44. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 36 wherein said step of automatically providing said at least two inventory items in said inventory item display of said business inventory system comprises the step of automatically providing inventory data of said at least two inventory items in said inventory item display of said business inventory system.

45. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 44 wherein said inventory data is selected from the group consisting of days of inventory, current days of inventory, average days of inventory, quantity of inventory, percentage mixture of inventory, trend percentages, trend data, previous cost, retail price, and percent gross margin.

46. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 36 wherein said step of automatically providing said least two inventory items in said inventory item display of said business inventory system comprises the steps of:

linking said business inventory system to a Point-Of-Sale (POS) system; and

updating information in said inventory item display.

47. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 46 wherein said step of updating information in said inventory item display comprises the step of automatically updating said information in said inventory item display at least once per business day.

49. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 46 wherein said step of linking said business inventory system to said Point-Of-Sale (POS) system comprises the step of linking said business inventory system to an external Point-Of-Sale (POS) system.

50. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 36 and further comprising the step of entering an order number in an order number entry portal of said inventory item display.

51. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 50 wherein said step of automatically allocating said purchase recommendation for said at least two inventory items based on said amalgamated purchase constraint for said at least two inventory items comprises the step of automatically allocating said purchase recommendation for said at least two inventory items based on said amalgamated purchase constraint for said at least two inventory items and on said order number.

52. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 50 and further comprising the step of selecting said amalgamated purchase constraint for said at least two inventory items and said order number for concurrent expiration of stock of said at least two inventory items.

53. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 36 wherein said step of automatically allocating said purchase recommendation for said at least two inventory items based on said amalgamated purchase constraint for said at least two inventory items comprises the step of applying a percentage mixture of said at least two inventory items to a purchase recommendation display and wherein said step of said automatically displaying said purchase recommendation of said automatic allocation comprises the step of automatically displaying said percentage mixture of said at least two inventory items.

54. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 36 and further comprising the steps of:

presenting an inventory item list;

selecting at least two inventory items from said inventory item list; and

entering new information related to said at least two inventory items in said inventory item display.

56. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 54 wherein said step of entering said new information related to said at least two inventory items in said inventory item display comprises the step of entering new pricing information related to said at least two inventory items in a pricing information entry portal in said inventory item display.

57. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 56 wherein said new pricing information is selected from the group consisting of cost and retail price;

and wherein said step of entering new pricing information related to said at least two inventory items in said pricing information entry portal in said inventory item display comprises the step of automatically calculating a gross margin percentage from said pricing information.

59. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 36 wherein said step of automatically providing said at least two inventory items in said inventory item display of said business inventory system comprises the step of automatically providing at least two liquor store related inventory items in said inventory item display of said business inventory system.

60. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 36 wherein said step of automatically allocating said purchase recommendation for said at least two inventory items based on said amalgamated purchase constraint for said at least two inventory items comprises the step of rapidly automatically allocating said purchase recommendation for said at least two inventory items based on said amalgamated purchase constraint for said at least two inventory items.

61. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 50 wherein said order number is selected from the group consisting of an order in cases and an order in units.

62. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 36 and further comprising the step of entering an inventory item purchase into a cumulative deal tracking display.

63. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 62 wherein said step of entering said inventory item purchase into said cumulative deal tracking display comprises the steps of

entering at least one inventory item deal term said cumulative deal tracking display;

and

providing deal information in said cumulative deal tracking display, wherein said deal information is selected from the group consisting of list of all deals, remaining buy on at least one deal, total deal purchase amount to date, deal details, costs of a deal, deal notes, deal end date, deal date, quantity of deal, and deal purchases.

64. A method of maintaining business inventory according to claim 62 and further comprising the steps of

tracking said inventory item purchase in said cumulative deal tracking display;

and

linking said cumulative deal tracking display in said inventory item display of said business inventory system.

37. (canceled)

48. (canceled)

55. (canceled)

58. (canceled)

65-87. -87. (canceled)

88. A method of recording business related observations comprising the steps of:

providing a business sales information system;

noting a singular, non-trend, daily event associated with business sales information;

user entering said event associated with said business sales information into at least one event entry portal within said business sales information system;

automatically correlating said event with said business sales information system by linking said event to a note retrieval display;

computer storing said correlated event; and

making said correlated event computer accessible within said business sales information system.

89-134. -134. (canceled)

135. A method of automatically evoking review of business information comprising the steps of:

providing a business information system;

automatically facilitating regular debut of initial suggested industry tied information in said business information system;

selecting said initial suggested industry tied information as both readily assimilatable and particularly appropriate for initial analysis; and

enticing review of said initial suggested industry tied information in said business information system.

136-183. -183. (canceled)

184. A method of summarizing the operations of a business comprising the steps of:

providing a business information system;

monitoring business performance in said business information system;

automatically presenting business performance data in at least one business performance display of said business information system;

disparately presenting substantially redundant business performance data in said at least one business performance display of said business information system; and

facilitating comparison of said business performance data and said redundant business performance data in said at least one business performance display of said business information system.

185-227. -227. (canceled)

228. A method of database designation comprising the steps of:

providing a business inventory system;

automatically presenting an inventory category selection display;

recommending a hierarchical categorization of inventory items in said inventory category selection display;

allowing easy selection of said inventory items from said recommended hierarchical categorization of said inventory items; and

selecting at least one inventory item from said inventory category selection display.

229-300. -300. (canceled)

301. A business inventory maintainment system comprising:

an automated business inventory system;

at least two inventory items provided in an inventory item display of said automated business inventory system;

at least one automatically generated amalgamated purchase constraint for said at least two inventory items provided in said inventory item display of said automated business inventory system;

an amalgamated purchase constraint selector element;

an automatically allocated purchase recommendation for said at least two inventory items based on said amalgamated purchase constraint; and

an automatic purchase recommendation display.

302-347. -347. (canceled)

348. A recordation system of business related observations comprising:

a singular, non-trend, daily, noted event associated with business sales information;

at least one noted event entry portal within a business sales information system configured to externally receive a user entered singular, non-trend, daily, noted event associated with said business sales information;

an automatic correlation element of said noted event within said business sales information system;

a link between said noted event and a note retrieval display;

electronic memory capable of storage of said noted event; and

at least one noted event retrieval element within said business sales information system.

349-388. -388. (canceled)

389. An automatic evocation system for review of business information comprising:

a business information system;

an automatic facilitator of regular debut of initial suggested industry tied information in said business information system;

a display within said business information system selecting said initial suggested industry tied information as both readily assimilatable and particularly appropriate for initial analysis; and

a display review enticement element within said business information system.

390-429. -429. (canceled)

430. A business operation summary system comprising:

an automated business information system;

at least one business performance display of said automated business information system;

business performance data presented in said at least one business performance display of said automated business information system; and

disparate substantially redundant business performance data presented in said at least one business performance display of said automated business information system.

431-470. -470. (canceled)

471. A database designation system comprising:

an automated business inventory system;

an inventory category selection display of said automated business inventory system;

a recommended hierarchical categorization of inventory items in said inventory category selection display; and

an easy inventory item selector in said automatically presented inventory category selection display.

472-509. -509. (canceled)