Patent ID: 7954710
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for ordering products through the use of a system including bar code readers comprising: providing at least one customized mobile bar code reader having associated therewith at least one reader identifier including a customer identity, and also having associated therewith, associated identifiers stored in a memory of said at least one customized mobile bar code reader, including at least a standing inventory compilation and standardized data pertaining to a given product or service; using the at least one bar code reader to read an optical code on a given product or service that contains an identifier that relates to said standardized data pertaining to a given product or service description; inputting a quantity of said given product or service; establishing, thereafter, communication between the at least one customized mobile bar code reader and a terminal linked to the Internet through at least one of the following of a docking station or a wireless connection; accessing, through said terminal, a web site of a supplier using supplier identifier indicia obtained from the optical code and associating a reader identifier with the access; automatically supplying, to said web site of a supplier, said data relating to said given product, including at least said standardized data pertaining to a given product or service, and said quantity; automatically supplying, to said web site of a supplier, data relating to said reader identifier; and processing order fulfillment related data received from said supplier based upon access to said web site of said supplier that has been accessed with the reader identifier.