Supply-chain side assistance
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1. A system comprising:
- a) means for receiving a signal indicative of an item and generated directly in response to the item having a presence within a geographical locale;
b) means for identifying the item having a presence within the geographic locale in response to a signal indicative of the item;
c) means for obtaining a first supply-chain assistance corresponding to the identified item from a first source in direct response to the identifying the item and means for obtaining a second supply-chain assistance corresponding to the identified item from a second source in direct response to the identifying the item; and
d) means for aggregating the first supply-chain assistance and the second supply-chain assistance.
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Abstract
An apparatus, device, method, computer program product, and system that identifies an item having a presence within a geographic locale in response to a signal indicative of the item, obtains a first instance of a supply-chain assistance corresponding to the identified item from a first source and obtaining a second instance of a supply-chain assistance corresponding to the identified item from a second source; and aggregates the first supply-chain assistance and the second supply-chain assistance.
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53 Claims
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a) means for receiving a signal indicative of an item and generated directly in response to the item having a presence within a geographical locale; b) means for identifying the item having a presence within the geographic locale in response to a signal indicative of the item; c) means for obtaining a first supply-chain assistance corresponding to the identified item from a first source in direct response to the identifying the item and means for obtaining a second supply-chain assistance corresponding to the identified item from a second source in direct response to the identifying the item; and d) means for aggregating the first supply-chain assistance and the second supply-chain assistance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 29, 35, 37, 38, 40, 42, 43, 44)
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52. A system comprising:
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a) means for receiving a signal indicative of an item generated directly in response to the item having a presence within a geographic locale; and b) means for identifying the item having a presence within the geographic locale in response to the signal indicative of the item; c) means for enabling a supply-chain user to request a supply-chain assistance corresponding to the identified item having a presence within a geographic locale; d) means for obtaining a first supply-chain assistance corresponding to the item from a first source and obtaining a second supply-chain assistance corresponding to the item from a second source in response to a received supply-chain user request for a supply-chain assistance corresponding to the item having a presence with a geographic locale; e) means for aggregating the first supply-chain assistance and the second supply-chain assistance; and f) means for broadcasting the aggregated supply-chain assistance. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 51)
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