Data entry graphical user interface

• US 7,308,651 B2
• Filed: 09/05/2001
• Issued: 12/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag (Essity AB)
• Original Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products AB (Essity AB)
• Inventors: Svensson, Bjorn, Kling, Åsa
• Primary Examiner(s): Kincaid; Kristine
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ke; Peng
• Application Number:
  US09/945,626
• Publication Number:
  US 20030043195A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,288 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26, 705/27, 705/28, 705/29, 705/3, 345/705, 345/708, 345/709, 345/713, 345/714, 345/710, 345/771, 715/705, 715/708, 715/709, 715/713, 715/714
• US Class Current: 715/709
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

Described is a data entry graphical user interface (GUI) system for facilitating entry of incontinence product information by a consumer. The data entry GUI system includes several layered interfaces that may be accessed in sequence and/or at discretion by a user. Each of the layered interfaces facilitates entry of specific incontinence product information for storage in a manufacture database. The entered information may be used to fulfill product acquisition requests, forecast future use of incontinence products, or provide simulation data relating to incontinence product use.

Claims

1. A data entry graphical interface system for supporting data entry relating to incontinence products, comprising:

a storage device storing information related to consumption of a plurality of incontinence products, wherein the incontinence product data includes authentic incontinence product data and inauthentic simulation incontinence product data; and

a plurality of layered graphical user interfaces, at least one of the plurality of layered graphical user interfaces includes a list of the plurality of individual incontinence products, and the at least one of the plurality of layered graphical user interfaces is functionally capable of receiving user input relating to consumption of each of the plurality of individual incontinence products,

wherein, based on the user input, the system is capable of determining at least one of cost per resident, change rate, number of residents using at least one of the plurality of individual incontinence products, and at least one personnel cost factor,

wherein at least one of the plurality of graphical user interfaces is operatively interfaced with the storage device and includes incontinence product information, derived from the authentic and inauthentic incontinence product data, displayed thereon,

wherein the system accesses the authentic and inauthentic product data to generate more than one order proposal, the order proposal including a plurality of incontinence products to be ordered, and

wherein the system is capable of displaying at least two order proposals simultaneously on a display for comparison.

2. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 1, wherein the user input includes one of at least a number of product boxes, bags, and miscellaneous incontinence products.

3. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one of the plurality of layered graphical user interfaces further includes an un-modifiable data field for displaying a total number of incontinence products consumed for each of the incontinence products listed, at least one of the incontinence products listed includes a non-zero numerical value displayed in the un-modifiable data field, and the user input includes a numerical value representative of a total number of incontinence products consumed for at least one of the products listed.

4. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 3, wherein the at least one of the plurality of layered graphical user interfaces further includes an actuatable button, and upon actuation of the acuatable button, the non-zero numerical value and the numerical value associated with the total number of incontinence products consumed are compared.

5. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 4, wherein if the comparison shows a deviation of a predetermined value, then an alert is displayed.

6. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined value is a greater than or less than twenty percent deviation between the non-zero numerical value and the numerical value associated with the total number of incontinence products consumed.

7. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of layered graphical user interfaces includes at least a data entry graphical user interface, an order graphical user interface and a simulation graphical user interface.

8. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 7, wherein the data entry graphical user interface includes a plurality of modifiable fields, at least one modifiable field of the plurality being capable of accepting a numerical value relating to incontinence residents.

9. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of modifiable fields further includes a modifiable field for choosing from a plurality of listed institutions.

10. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 7, wherein the data entry graphical interface, order graphical interface and simulation graphical interface each includes a subset of accessible user screens.

11. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 10, wherein the subset of accessible user screens associated with the data entry graphical interface includes consumption, budget and personal cost factors screens.

12. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 11, wherein the consumption screen includes a listing of the plurality of individual incontinence products, and modifiable fields that accept numerical values associated with each of the plurality of individual incontinence products.

13. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 12, wherein the consumption screen further includes an actuatable button, and at least one of the modifiable fields containing a non-zero numerical value, whereby actuation of the actuatable button updates a storage medium, the data entry graphical interface system is connected to, with the non-zero numerical value.

14. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 13, wherein the consumption screen further includes an actuatable button for displaying an add item screen that partially overlays the consumption screen, the add item screen facilitating adding incontinence products to the listing of the plurality of individual incontinence products.

15. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 11, wherein the budget screen includes cost and pieces user modifiable fields.

16. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 11, wherein the personal cost factors screen includes salary per hour and minutes per change user modifiable fields.

17. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 10, wherein the subset of accessible user screens associated with the order graphical interface includes order proposal, standing order and replenishment screens.

18. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 17, wherein the order proposal screen includes an order proposal product listing generated by the data entry graphical user interface system from stored database data.

19. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 17, wherein the standing order screen includes a standing order product listing generated by the data entry graphical user interface system from stored database data.

20. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 17, wherein the replenishment screen includes a next delivery product listing generated by the data entry graphical user interface system from stored database data.

21. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 18, wherein the order proposal screen further includes user modifiable fields associated with each of the products listed in the order proposal product listing, non-zero numerical entries in the user modifiable fields being used to update product data stored in a database associated with the data entry graphical user interface system.

22. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 10, wherein the subset of accessible user screens associated with the simulation graphical user interface includes product mix, patient profile, number of residents, incontinence degree, date interval personnel cost laundry cost and group level screens.

23. The data entry graphical user interface system according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of graphical user interfaces with user modifiable fields.

24. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of graphical user interfaces include at least one of product mix, patient profile, number of residents, incontinence degree, date interval, personnel cost, laundry cost and group level graphical user interfaces.

25. The data entry graphical interface system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one graphical user interface is one of a simulated summary report and a simulated detail report.