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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2012
Erik J. Burckart, Raleigh, NC (US);
Andrew Ivory, Wake Forest, NC (US);
John F. Schumacher, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Aaron K. Shook, Raleigh, NC (US);
Erik J. Burckart, Raleigh, NC (US);
Andrew Ivory, Wake Forest, NC (US);
John F. Schumacher, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Aaron K. Shook, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing a social network. The methods involve: creating a relationship between a first entity and a second entity; setting authorization which indicates that a user of said first entity is authorized to view inventory data of said second entity; receiving a request to view first inventory data of said first entity and second inventory data of said second entity by said user; and determining whether said user is authorized to view said second inventory data. If said user is authorized: querying a first remote inventory management system of said first entity for said first inventory data and a second remote inventory management system of said second entity for said second inventory data; receiving said first and second inventory data; generating an aggregate view comprising said first and second inventory data; and providing content of said aggregate view to a client computing device of said first entity.