公开(公告)号：US20160110788A1

公开(公告)日：2016-04-21

申请号：US14918180

申请日：2015-10-20

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： Timothy Nelson Stephenson

IPC: G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q30/02

Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for requesting commodities/items from a plurality of competing vendors. In various embodiments, vendor information/data indicative of commodities/items offered by each vendor is received and stored, request information/data is received from a consumer indicative of the commodities/items desired, as well as any additional request parameters. The system filters the vendor information/data to identify those vendors who satisfy the request parameters, and displays a graphical user interface identifying these vendors to the consumer. The consumer may then select one or more of the identified vendors, and the system enables access to a bidding tool for each of the selected vendors to submit a detailed bid/response to provide the goods or services to the consumer. The consumer may then select one or more of the bids/responses and confirm the commodities/items requested.

Abstract translation: 各种实施例涉及从多个竞争供应商请求商品/物品的系统和方法。 在各种实施例中，接收并存储指示每个供应商提供的商品/项目的供应商信息/数据，从指示所需商品/项目的消费者接收请求信息/数据，以及任何附加请求参数。 系统过滤供应商信息/数据以识别那些满足请求参数的供应商，并向消费者显示标识这些供应商的图形用户界面。 消费者然后可以选择一个或多个所识别的供应商，并且系统使得能够访问每个所选供应商的出价工具以提交详细的出价/响应，以向消费者提供商品或服务。 然后，消费者可以选择一个或多个出价/响应并确认所请求的商品/物品。

公开(公告)号：US10692121B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-23

申请号：US14918180

申请日：2015-10-20

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： Timothy Nelson Stephenson

IPC: G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q50/28 ,  G06Q40/04

Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for requesting commodities/items from a plurality of competing vendors. In various embodiments, vendor information/data indicative of commodities/items offered by each vendor is received and stored, request information/data is received from a consumer indicative of the commodities/items desired, as well as any additional request parameters. The system filters the vendor information/data to identify those vendors who satisfy the request parameters, and displays a graphical user interface identifying these vendors to the consumer. The consumer may then select one or more of the identified vendors, and the system enables access to a bidding tool for each of the selected vendors to submit a detailed bid/response to provide the goods or services to the consumer. The consumer may then select one or more of the bids/responses and confirm the commodities/items requested.