Patent ID: 6963847
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for automatically managing available-to-promise (ATP) data, comprising: a client interface operable to facilitate communication between a centralized fulfillment server and a plurality of client systems; an ATP server interface operable to facilitate communication between the centralized fulfillment server and a plurality of ATP servers; and the centralized fulfillment server, the centralized fulfillment server allowing the plurality of client systems to submit ATP requests for quotation without first identifying or directly communicating with any of the plurality of ATP servers that are to be used in generating quotations corresponding to the ATP requests, the centralized fulfillment server operable to: generate a quotation determined according to the product availability information provided by the plurality of component quotations received from the selected first plurality of ATP servers; and communicate the quotation to the first one of the plurality of client systems using the client interface.