US 11,941,582 B2
Systems and computer-implemented methods for inventory management
Julian Van Erlach, Walnut, CA (US); Ben Chandler, Riverdale, UT (US); Nathan Goodrich, Arcadia, CA (US); and Mark Gavin, Arcadia, CA (US)
Assigned to FABFITFUN, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by FabFitFun, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/709,828.
Application 17/709,828 is a continuation of application No. 17/540,005, filed on Dec. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,334,846.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/244,596, filed on Sep. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0084790 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-based method for managing an electronic purchase order including one or more items, said method comprising:
receiving, from an order management system, a quantity of a selected item of the electronic purchase order;
requesting, from a warehouse management system, attributes of the selected item, the attributes comprising available lots that include the selected item, an amount of inventory of a selected lot of the available lots, an expiration date associated with the selected lot, and a serving days of the selected item;
determining a difference between the expiration date associated with the selected lot and a predetermined date;
comparing the serving days of the selected item with said determined difference; and
providing an instruction, via a communications protocol over a data network, to the warehouse management system, based on said comparing.