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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2011
Jonathan David Fasoli, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Amy M. Kerman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brandon Gador, Mountain View, CA (US);
William Michael Dorsch, De Pere, WI (US);
Jonathan David Fasoli, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Amy M. Kerman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brandon Gador, Mountain View, CA (US);
William Michael Dorsch, De Pere, WI (US);
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for inventory management. The method includes: obtaining a first invoice sent from a supplier to a first merchant; capturing, by a computer processor, a first set of inventory data from fields on the first invoice; updating a template for the supplier based on capturing the first set of inventory data, where the template includes locations of the fields on the first invoice; obtaining a second invoice sent from the supplier to a second merchant, where the second invoice includes the fields; and capturing, after updating the template and by the computer processor, a second set of inventory data from the fields on the second invoice using the template, where the second set of inventory data includes a quantity of a product purchased from the supplier, and where an inventory database of the second merchant is updated with the quantity of the product.