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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2010
J.w.m. Spies, Mountain View, CA (US);
Wendy Ann Castleman, San Jose, CA (US);
Arthur Andrew Pawlak, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Pranay Kapadia, Santa Clara, CA (US);
J.W.M. Spies, Mountain View, CA (US);
Wendy Ann Castleman, San Jose, CA (US);
Arthur Andrew Pawlak, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Pranay Kapadia, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for generating a pricing estimate involves displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) to obtain and display data associated with the pricing estimate, receiving items of the pricing estimate receiving a request to generate the pricing estimate, and obtaining, in response to receiving the request, pricing data for the items from a pricing server collecting pricing data from suppliers. The method further involves accessing a pricing rule relating to items of the pricing estimate, applying the pricing rule to the pricing data for the items to obtain adjusted pricing data, populating the GUI with the adjusted pricing data, calculating a total estimated cost based on adjusted pricing data and displaying the total estimated cost within the GUI.