Increased visibility during order management in a network-based supply chain environment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9922345-B2
Application number	US-201514731719-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 5, 2015
Priority date	Nov 22, 1999
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for a first business entity to provide a network-based supply chain framework for collaborative order management between at least a second and a third independent business entity, such as a service provider, vendor, reseller, manufacturer and the like. A request for an order is received over a network with an automated system, from at least a second business entity. The order is transmitted over a network, with an automated system, to at least the third business entity. Information is received from the third business entity relating to a status of completion of the order by the third business entity using a network. The progress in completing the order is tracked based on the information received from the third business entity. Progress reports from the tracking are generated periodically; and transmitted to the second business entity using the network.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer implemented method comprising:
receiving, from a user associated with a user device, a request for food items available for purchase over a network;
obtaining, for a particular food item available for purchase over the network, a default set of features of the particular food item, wherein the default set of features is a subset of features of the particular food item that are available for purchase over the network;
determining additional available features that are available for user selection and that are not among the default set of features;
determining that a presentation of the particular food item having the default set of features is stored in a cache, the presentation comprising (i) an image of the particular food item having the default set of features and (ii) selectable user interface elements that each identify a respective additional available feature of the additional available features that are available for user selection and that are not among the default set of features;
accessing the cache that stores the presentation of the particular food item having the default set of features;
without accessing an original source of the image of the particular food item having the default set of features and without accessing an original source of the selectable user interface elements, providing, to the user device and for presentation to the user, the presentation of the particular food item having the default set of features stored in the cache;
receiving, from the user, a selection of one or more of the additional available features of the particular food item selected through the selectable user interface elements;
in response to receiving the selection of one or more of the additional available features of the particular food item selected through the selectable user interface elements, updating the presentation to include an image of the particular food item having (i) the one or more selected additional available features of the particular food item and (ii) the default set of features; and
providing, to the user device for presentation to the user, the updated presentation of the particular food item.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the default set of features of the particular food item comprises obtaining the default set of features from a user profile of the user.

3. The method of claim 2 , comprising generating the user profile for the user based on one or more of input from the user, previous purchases by the user, and previous searches by the user.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the additional presentation of the additional food item comprises generating a presentation having respective images of the one or more of the additional available features that are available for user selection and that are not among the default set of features of the additional food item.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein generating the additional presentation comprises:
determining that one or more features of the additional food item are unavailable for the user; and
generating a presentation that omits respective images of unavailable features of the additional food item.

6. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
determining a geographic location of the user; and
determining a price for the particular food item having the default set of features and the one or more selected additional available features at the geographic location of the user,
wherein updating the presentation comprises updating the presentation to include the determined price for the particular food item having the default set of features and the one or more selected additional available features at the geographic location of the user.

7. The method of claim 1 comprising:
generating a saved configuration comprising the set of default features and the one or more selected additional features for the particular food item; and
associating the saved configuration with a user profile of the user.

8. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
determining one or more advertisements related to the particular food item and related to a user profile of the user; and
providing the one or more advertisements for presentation to the user.

9. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
receiving an indication that the user has submitted payment for the particular food item; and
providing the indication to a provider of the food item for processing.

10. A system comprising:
one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a user associated with a user device, a request for food items available for purchase over a network;
obtaining, for a particular food item available for purchase over the network, a default set of features of the particular food item, wherein the default set of features is a subset of features of the particular food item that are available for purchase over the network;
determining additional available features that are available for user selection and that are not among the default set of features;
determining that a presentation of the particular food item having the default set of features is stored in a cache, the presentation comprising (i) an image of the particular food item having the default set of features and (ii) selectable user interface elements that each identify a respective additional available feature of the additional available features that are available for user selection and that are not among the default set of features;
accessing the cache that stores the presentation of the particular food item having the default set of features;
without accessing an original source of the image of the particular food item having the default set of features and without accessing an original source of the selectable user interface elements, providing, to the user device and for presentation to the user, the presentation of the particular food item having the default set of features stored in the cache;
receiving, from the user, a selection of one or more of the additional available features of the particular food item selected through the selectable user interface elements;
in response to receiving the selection of one or more of the additional available features of the particular food item selected through the selectable user interface elements, updating the presentation to include an image of the particular food item having (i) the one or more selected additional available features of the particular food item and (ii) the default set of features; and
providing, to the user device for presentation to the user, the updated presentation of the particular food item.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein obtaining the default set of features of the particular food item comprises obtaining the default set of features from a user profile of the user.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the operations comprise generating the user profile for the user based on one or more of input from the user, previous purchases by the user, and previous searches by the user.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the operations comprise:
determining a geographic location of the user; and
determining a price for the particular food item having the default set of features and the one or more selected additional available features at the geographic location of the user,
wherein updating the presentation comprises updating the presentation to include the determined price for the particular food item having the default set of features and the one or

Assignees

• Accenture Global Services Ltd

Inventors

• Mikurak Michael G

Classifications

• G06Q30/0633

  Managing shopping lists, e.g. compiling or processing purchase lists (shipping orders G06Q10/083; order filling G06Q10/087) · CPC title

• G06Q30/0269

  based on user profile or attribute · CPC title

• G06Q50/12

  Hotels or restaurants · CPC title

• G06Q20/203

  Inventory monitoring · CPC title

• G06Q30/0256 Primary

  User search · CPC title