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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Aart Adrianus Van Gorkum, Eindhoven, NL;
Inventor:
Aart Adrianus Van Gorkum, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and system () for selling an additive () for a product (). Additives are consumer goods which are used in conjunction with another, usually more durable good. The system () is notified when a user () orders a product () for which an additive () is available. It then estimates a point in time at which the user's inventory level will be too low, and presents a notification () to the user (). This notification () includes an ordering mechanism () to order new stock. This system obviates the need for inventory tracking mechanisms and so especially useful for additives.