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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
May. 21, 2009
Gary Hoberman, Merrick, NY (US);
Kyung Bae, Kinnelon, NJ (US);
Jason Gelinas, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Francis Donohue, Rush, IE;
Gary Hoberman, Merrick, NY (US);
Kyung Bae, Kinnelon, NJ (US);
Jason Gelinas, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Francis Donohue, Rush, IE;
Citibank, N.A., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Exemplary methods and systems herein provide a central marketplace for a requestor to request a product or service from an internal inventory or external vendor, receive approval for the request, and have the approved request fulfilled. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises method for requesting a product or service comprises presenting, by a computer, a catalog to a graphical user interface of a requestor of a corporate entity, wherein the catalog comprises a product or service selected from a database storing records for an internal inventory of the corporate entity and a plurality of databases affiliated with external vendors that are not a parent, subsidiary, or related to the corporate entity; and receiving, by a computer, a selection from the requestor of a product or service of the catalog. The catalog can be synchronized in real-time or periodically with the external vendors' products and services.