Method and apparatus for managing item inventories

a technology of item inventories and management methods, applied in the field of product inventory systems, can solve problems such as current methods, systems, and apparatuses
US20200219042A1Inactive Publication Date: 2020-07-09GROUPON INC
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
GROUPON INC
Publication Date
2020-07-09
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and apparatuses for identifying related records in a database. The method determining an item identifier for at least one item stored in an item catalog database, accessing the item catalog database to determine one or more item attributes for the at least one item, accessing an item inventory database to determine one or more item inventory levels for the at least one item, using, by a processor, a predictive model to calculated a predicted inventory level for the at least one item, the predictive model indicating an estimated inventory level for the at least one item at a particular time subsequent to the calculation of the predicted inventory level, wherein the predictive model receives the one or more item attributes and the one or more item inventory levels as inputs, storing the predicted inventory level, and using the predicted inventory level to evaluate an electronic marketing communication for transmission, wherein the electronic marketing communication comprises content related to the at least one item.
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 14 / 881,723, filed Oct. 13, 2015, titled “METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ITEM INVENTORIES,” filed, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 14 / 843,048, titled “METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ITEM INVENTORIES,” filed Sep. 2, 2015, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.TECHNOLOGICAL FIELD

[0002] Example embodiments of the present invention relate generally to product inventory systems and, more particularly, to methods, systems, and apparatuses for managing product inventory levels and facilitating interactions among databases and other components of a product marketing and ordering system.BACKGROUND

[0003] The applicant has discovered problems with current methods, systems, and apparatuses for managing product inventories. Through applied effort, ingenuity, and innovation, Applicant has solved many of these identified problem...

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