Patent ID: 7801770
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computerized ordering, warehousing, inventory, sales, delivery and communications method utilizing the Internet used by different entities in the retail and wholesale industries for desired products, comprising the steps of: establishing a primary product database and storing said primary product database in computer readable memory associated with a datacenter; establishing a plurality of search data subsets associated with said primary product database, the search data subsets including an item number data subset, an SKU number data subset and a search category data subset; remotely accessing the datacenter via a computer network and searching for desired products in said primary product database by searching at least one of the search data subsets, wherein the item number, the SKU number and the provided search category data subsets are stored within the primary product database of the computer readable memory; displaying the desired products and product attributes found by the search, which includes a SKU number, a manufacturer, a JPEG image, a list price, a discount price, a sale price, assembling components, a fabric name, a fabric number, a fabric style, a color, a grade, a finish, a cleaning code and instructions, matching products, a bed size, item variants and inventory information selected; establishing a selection basket; selecting desired products and storing selected product data in the computer readable memory representing the desired products in the selection basket; establishing data sub-sets for the desired products in the selection basket, including a data sub-set representing available quantities of the desired products and a data sub-set representing prices of the desired products, the data sub-sets being stored in the computer readable memory; providing a user with the option to delete at least one of the desired products from the selection basket; providing the user with the option to update at least one of the desired products from the selection basket; selectively exchanging and updating inventory, raw material, purchase order, sales order and selection basket data with the datacenter, the inventory, raw material, purchase order, sales order and selection basket data being stored in the computer readable memory; starting a manufacturer's production order and storing the manufacturer's production order in the product database stored in the computer readable memory; editing the final product, said step of editing comprising the steps of: scanning the final product; determining a customer's credit worthiness for the amount of a sales order; determining a delivery schedule; establishing routing and loading procedures for the product; and establishing shipping and receiving procedures.