Supply-chain side assistance
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1. A computer system comprising:
- at least one processing device; and
at least one memory device operably coupled to the at least one processing device and including one or more instructions for;
receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one item having a presence within a geographical locale, wherein the receiving a signal indicative of at least one item having a presence within a geographical locale includes at least one of;
receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one optical aspect of the at least one item,receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one optically readable product code associated with the at least one item,receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one acoustic aspect of the at least one item,receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one magnetic aspect of the at least one item,receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one electromagnetic aspect of the at least one item,receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one alphanumeric aspect of the at least one item, orreceiving at least one signal indicative of at least one electronically transmitted designator associated with the at least one item;
identifying the at least one item in response to the at least one signal indicative of the at least one item having a presence within the geographical locale;
obtaining at least one first supply-chain assistance corresponding to the item from at least one first source over a network in response to the identifying the at least one item;
obtaining at least one second supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item from at least one second source over a network in response to the identifying the at least one item; and
aggregating the at least one first supply-chain assistance and the at least one 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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37 Claims
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1. A computer system comprising:
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at least one processing device; and at least one memory device operably coupled to the at least one processing device and including one or more instructions for; receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one item having a presence within a geographical locale, wherein the receiving a signal indicative of at least one item having a presence within a geographical locale includes at least one of; receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one optical aspect of the at least one item, receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one optically readable product code associated with the at least one item, receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one acoustic aspect of the at least one item, receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one magnetic aspect of the at least one item, receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one electromagnetic aspect of the at least one item, receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one alphanumeric aspect of the at least one item, or receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one electronically transmitted designator associated with the at least one item; identifying the at least one item in response to the at least one signal indicative of the at least one item having a presence within the geographical locale; obtaining at least one first supply-chain assistance corresponding to the item from at least one first source over a network in response to the identifying the at least one item; obtaining at least one second supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item from at least one second source over a network in response to the identifying the at least one item; and aggregating the at least one first supply-chain assistance and the at least one second supply-chain assistance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system comprising:
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at least one processing device; and at least one memory device operably coupled to the at least one processing device and including one or more instructions for; receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one item having a presence within a geographical locale, wherein the receiving a signal indicative of at least one item having a presence within a geographical locale includes at least one of; receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one optical aspect of the at least one item, receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one optically readable product code associated with the at least one item, receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one acoustic aspect of the at least one item, receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one magnetic aspect of the at least one item, receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one electromagnetic aspect of the at least one item, receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one alphanumeric aspect of the at least one item, or receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one electronically transmitted designator associated with the at least one item; identifying the at least one item in response to the signal indicative of the at least one item having a presence within the geographic locale; enabling at least one supply-chain user to request at least one supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item; obtaining at least one first supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item from at least one first source over a network in response to at least one received supply-chain user request for at least one supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item; obtaining at least one second supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item from at least one second source in response to at least one received supply-chain user request for at least one supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item; aggregating the at least one first supply-chain assistance and the at least one second supply-chain assistance; and broadcasting an aggregated supply-chain assistance including at least the at least one first supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item and the at least one second supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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32. A computer system comprising:
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at least one processing device; and at least one memory device operably coupled to the at least one processing device and including one or more instructions for; receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one item having a presence within a geographical locale, wherein the receiving a signal indicative of at least one item having a presence within a geographical locale includes; receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one optically readable product code associated with the at least one item; identifying the at least one item in response to the at least one signal indicative of the at least one item having a presence within the geographical locale; obtaining at least one first supply-chain assistance corresponding to the item from at least one first source over a network in response to the identifying the at least one item; obtaining at least one second supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item from at least one second source over a network in response to the identifying the at least one item; and aggregating the at least one first supply-chain assistance and the at least one second supply-chain assistance.
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33. A computer system comprising:
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at least one processing device; and at least one memory device operably coupled to the at least one processing device and including one or more instructions for; receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one item having a presence within a geographical locale, wherein the receiving a signal indicative of at least one item having a presence within a geographical locale includes; receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one magnetic aspect of the at least one item; identifying the at least one item in response to the at least one signal indicative of the at least one item having a presence within the geographical locale; obtaining at least one first supply-chain assistance corresponding to the item from at least one first source over a network in response to the identifying the at least one item; obtaining at least one second supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item from at least one second source over a network in response to the identifying the at least one item; and aggregating the at least one first supply-chain assistance and the at least one second supply-chain assistance.
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34. A computer system comprising:
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at least one processing device; and at least one memory device operably coupled to the at least one processing device and including one or more instructions for; receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one item having a presence within a geographical locale, wherein the receiving a signal indicative of at least one item having a presence within a geographical locale includes; receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one electromagnetic aspect of the at least one item; identifying the at least one item in response to the at least one signal indicative of the at least one item having a presence within the geographical locale; obtaining at least one first supply-chain assistance corresponding to the item from at least one first source over a network in response to the identifying the at least one item; obtaining at least one second supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item from at least one second source over a network in response to the identifying the at least one item; and aggregating the at least one first supply-chain assistance and the at least one second supply-chain assistance.
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35. A computer system comprising:
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at least one processing device; and at least one memory device operably coupled to the at least one processing device and including one or more instructions for; receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one item having a presence within a geographical locale, wherein the receiving a signal indicative of at least one item having a presence within a geographical locale includes; receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one electronically transmitted designator associated with the at least one item; identifying the at least one item in response to the at least one signal indicative of the at least one item having a presence within the geographical locale; obtaining at least one first supply-chain assistance corresponding to the item from at least one first source over a network in response to the identifying the at least one item; obtaining at least one second supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item from at least one second source over a network in response to the identifying the at least one item; and aggregating the at least one first supply-chain assistance and the at least one second supply-chain assistance.
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36. A system comprising:
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at least one processing device; and at least one memory device operably coupled to the at least one processing device and including one or more instructions for; receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one item having a presence within a geographical locale, wherein the receiving a signal indicative of at least one item having a presence within a geographical locale includes; receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one electromagnetic aspect of the at least one item, identifying the at least one item in response to the signal indicative of the at least one item having a presence within the geographic locale; enabling at least one supply-chain user to request at least one supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item; obtaining at least one first supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item from at least one first source over a network in response to at least one received supply-chain user request for at least one supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item; obtaining at least one second supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item from at least one second source in response to at least one received supply-chain user request for at least one supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item; aggregating the at least one first supply-chain assistance and the at least one second supply-chain assistance; and broadcasting an aggregated supply-chain assistance including at least the at least one first supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item and the at least one second supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item.
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37. A system comprising:
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at least one processing device; and at least one memory device operably coupled to the at least one processing device and including one or more instructions for; receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one item having a presence within a geographical locale, wherein the receiving a signal indicative of at least one item having a presence within a geographical locale; receiving at least one signal indicative of at least one electronically transmitted designator associated with the at least one item; identifying the at least one item in response to the signal indicative of the at least one item having a presence within the geographic locale; enabling at least one supply-chain user to request at least one supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item; obtaining at least one first supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item from at least one first source over a network in response to at least one received supply-chain user request for at least one supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item; obtaining at least one second supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item from at least one second source in response to at least one received supply-chain user request for at least one supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item; aggregating the at least one first supply-chain assistance and the at least one second supply-chain assistance; and broadcasting an aggregated supply-chain assistance including at least the at least one first supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item and the at least one second supply-chain assistance corresponding to the at least one item.
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