System and method for grouping products in a catalog
First Claim
1. A method of preparing a price quote for a product that is selected from among a plurality of products, comprising:
- determining whether said product is a member of a particular product collection, including evaluating a dynamic selection rule set associated with said particular product collection; and
when said product is determined to be a member of said particular product collection, the method further comprising;
identifying one or more price rules associated with said particular product collection; and
applying said price rules to said product in order to determine said price quote for said product.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for preparing a price quote for a product. The product is selected from among a plurality of products. A determination is made as to whether the product is a member of a particular product collection. This determination includes evaluating a dynamic selection rule set associated with the particular product collection. When the product is determined to be a member of the particular product collection, the method includes the additional steps of (i) identifying one or more price rules associated with the particular product collection and (ii) applying these price rules to the product in order to determine the price quote for the product.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of preparing a price quote for a product that is selected from among a plurality of products, comprising:
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determining whether said product is a member of a particular product collection, including evaluating a dynamic selection rule set associated with said particular product collection; and
when said product is determined to be a member of said particular product collection, the method further comprising;
identifying one or more price rules associated with said particular product collection; and
applying said price rules to said product in order to determine said price quote for said product. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product for use in conjunction with a computer system, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium and a computer program mechanism embedded therein, the computer program mechanism comprising:
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a product collection evaluator that determines whether a product selected from among a plurality of products is a member of a product collection by a process that includes evaluating a dynamic selection rule set associated with the product collection; and
a price quote generator for preparing a price quote for the product when the product is determined to be a member of said product collection, the price quote generator identifying one or more price rules associated with the product collection and the price quote generator further applying the price rules associated with the product collection to the product in order to determine a price quote for the product. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer system for preparing a price quote for a product that is selected from among a plurality of products, the computer system comprising:
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a central processing unit;
a memory, coupled to the central processing unit, the memory storing a representation of said plurality of products, the memory further storing a dynamic selection rule set that determines which of the products in said plurality of products are members of a product collection, the memory further storing a plurality of price rules as well as a plurality of modules, including a product collection evaluator module and a price quote generator module;
the product collection evaluator module for determining whether said product is a member of said product collection, the product collection evaluator module comprising instructions for evaluating said dynamic selection rule set; and
the price quote generator module for preparing said price quote for said product when the product is determined to be a member of said product collection, the price quote generator module comprising;
instructions for identifying one or more price rules associated with said product collection from said plurality of price rules, and instructions for applying the price rules to the product in order to determine the price quote for the product. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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