Swag weighted inventory fast tracker

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019325470-A1
Application number	US-201815960858-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 24, 2018
Priority date	Apr 24, 2018
Publication date	Oct 24, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A computer-implemented method of promotional item inventory management is described. An access control module may receive a credential from a user. A processor circuit may verify a validity of the credential of the user and retrieve an activity log associated with the user from a server. The processor circuit may retrieve a current stock level record from a memory and provide an item recommendation to the user based on the user's activity log, the current stock level record, and a popularity factor. The processor circuit may receive a response to the item recommendation from the user; and grant the user an access privilege to one item based on the received response. The processor circuit may provide system administrators and item managers more accurate information and data used to track return on investment.

First claim

1 . A computer-implemented method for managing promotional item inventory, comprising:
receiving, by a processor, a credential associated with a user; receiving, by the processor, a reason for use of an inventoried promotional item based on a selection of the reason by the user in a user interface; receiving, by the processor, an account type based on a selection of the account type by the user in the user interface; sending, by the processor, the user credential, the reason for use, and the account type to a server; receiving, by the processor, an inventoried promotional item recommendation from the server; outputting, by the processor, the inventoried promotional item recommendation for display to the user in the user interface; receiving, by the processor, a response to the inventoried promotional item recommendation based on a selection of the response by the user in the user interface; and granting, by the processor, to the user, an access privilege to the promotional item inventory based on the received response.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the credential associated with the user comprises receiving information of an identification card from an access control module, wherein the access control module comprises one of a magnetic stripe card reader, a contactless card reader, or a chip card reader.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the credential associated with the user comprises receiving a fingerprint from an access control module.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the reason for use comprises one of promotional event, account opening, customer request, or complaint handling.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the account type comprises one of checking account, saving account, credit card account, money market account, certificate of deposit account, automobile loan account, or mortgage account.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining an inventoried promotional item count; updating the inventoried promotional item count; and sending the updated inventoried promotional item count to the server.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein determining the inventoried promotional item count comprises:
detecting, by a weight sensing module, a total inventoried promotional item weight, and calculating the inventoried promotional item count based on the total inventoried promotional item weight and a unit weight.

8 . A computer-implemented method for generating a promotional item recommendation, comprising:
receiving, by a server, a credential associated with a user from a user device; retrieving, by the server, an activity log of prior promotional item use associated with the user based on the received user credential; receiving, by the server, a reason for use of an inventoried promotional item based on a selection of the reason by the user in a user interface and an account type based on a selection of the account type by the user in the user interface; retrieving, by the server, return on investment (ROI) data associated with one or more inventoried promotional items; checking, by the server, availability of the one or more inventoried promotional items; generating, by the server, an inventoried promotional item recommendation based on the activity log, the reason for use, the account type, the ROI data, and the availability of the one or more inventoried promotional items; outputting, by the server, the inventoried promotional item recommendation to the user device; receiving, by the server, a response to the inventoried promotional item recommendation based on a selection of the response by the user in the user interface; and granting, by the server, to the user, an access privilege to a promotional item inventory based on the received response.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the credential associated with the user comprises information of an identification card, a personal identification number, biometric information of the user, or a combination thereof.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the activity log comprises one or more item names and one or more quantities associated with the one or more item names.

11 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the reason for use comprises one of promotional event, account opening, customer request, or complaint handling.

12 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the account type comprises one of checking account, saving account, credit card account, money market account, certificate of deposit account, automobile loan account, or mortgage account.

13 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving, by the server, for each of the one or more inventoried promotional items, information selected from the group consisting of popularity per time of day, popularity per day of week, popularity per quarter of year, popularity per season, popularity per geographic location, popularity per weather condition, and a combination thereof, wherein popularity comprises rate of distribution; and generating, by the server, the inventoried promotional item recommendation based on the received information.

14 . A system of promotional item inventory management, comprising:
a memory; a scanner configured to read a UPC barcode or QR code; a weight sensing module configured to detect a total item weight; and a processor in communication with the scanner and the weight sensing module and configured to execute program instructions causing the processor to:
receive the UPC barcode or QR code from the scanner;
retrieve an item name associated with the UPC barcode or QR code from the memory;
receive the total item weight from the weight sensing module;
retrieve a unit item weight associated with the item name from the memory;
determine an item count based on the total item weight and the unit item weight; and
output the item name and the item count to a server.

15 . The system of claim 14 , comprising an access control module, wherein the access control module comprises one of a magnetic stripe card reader, a contactless card reader, or a chip card reader.

16 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the program instructions further cause the processor to:
compare the item count to a threshold value; generate an order in response to the item count being less than the threshold value; and output the order to a pre-determined entity.

17 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the program instructions further cause the processor to:
receive a user credential from a user; receive a reason for use from the user; receive an account type from the user; send the user credential, the reason for use, and the account type to a server; receive an item recommendation from the server; output the item recommendation to the user; receive a response to the item recommendation from the user; and grant the user an access privilege based on the received response.

18 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the activity log associated with the user comprises a date, an item name, and a quantity associated with the item name.

19 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the reason for use comprises one of promotional event, account opening, customer request, or complaint handling.

20 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the account type comprises one of checking account, saving account, credit card account, money market account, certificate of deposit account, automobile loan account, or mortgage account.

Assignees

• Capital One Services Llc

Inventors

• Camacho Ian

Classifications

• G06F21/32

  using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints · CPC title

• G06F16/9554

  by using bar codes · CPC title

• G06Q30/0211

  Determining the effectiveness of discounts or incentives · CPC title

• G06Q10/087 Primary

  Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders · CPC title

• G06K7/1413

  1D bar codes · CPC title