Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Estimation of third party inventory
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Application No.: US14578253Application Date: 2014-12-19
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Publication No.: US10062051B2Publication Date: 2018-08-28
- Inventor: Jaron I. Waldman , Lik Harry Chen , Denis Laprise
- Applicant: Curbside, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: CURBSIDE, INC.
- Current Assignee: CURBSIDE, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Nicholson De Vos Webster & Elliott LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q30/00
- IPC: G06Q30/00 ; G06Q10/08 ; G06Q30/06

Abstract:
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive a browsing request to view an item offered by a first third party retailer. An estimated inventory value for the item at the first third-party retailer is retrieved. The estimated inventory value is maintained using a combination of a history of purchases of the item and a history of inventory values for the item received from one or more third party retailers. A representation of the item as being available for purchase is transmitted to a user device based upon the estimated inventory value for the item. In response to receiving a request to initiate a purchase of the item, a request for a current inventory value for the item is transmitted to a retail server. The purchase of the item is initiated in response to determining the item is available based upon the received current inventory value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160180284A1 ESTIMATION OF THIRD PARTY INVENTORY Public/Granted day:2016-06-23
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