Inventory sales system and method

Abstract

A computer system and method of facilitating a sale which permits inventory information to be used in connection with a technology enabled selling (TES) system to facilitate a sale. The inventory information may be used during configuration of an item to be sold to a customer in a manner which allows the sales representative to more easily sell items from inventory if desired.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 receiving, at a computer system communicatively coupled to a computer network, from a user, a query regarding one or more products included in an inventory;   providing, from the computer system, a first representation of the inventory that includes at least a subset of the one or more products together with, for the subset of the one or more products, one or more customization options;   receiving, at the computer system, from the user, a selection of one or more of the customization options;   identifying, by the computer system, one or more of the subset of the one or more products that satisfy the selected customization options;   providing, from the computer system to the user, a second representation of the inventory that includes only those of the subset of the one or more products that satisfy the selected customization options;   receiving, at the computer system, from the user, a selection of one or more product attributes;   ranking, by the computer system, the one or more products that satisfy the selected customization options in accordance with the one or more product attributes;   providing, from the computer system, to the user, a third representation of the inventory that includes only those of the subset of the one or more products that satisfy the selected customization options in a ranked order corresponding to the ranking.   
     
     
         2 . A method, comprising:
 receiving, at a computer system communicatively coupled to a computer network, a query regarding one or more products included in an inventory;   providing, from the computer system, a plurality of customization options associated with the one or more products;   receiving, at the computer system, a selection of one or more of the customization options;   identifying, by the computer system, one or more products that satisfy the selected one or more customization options to produce one or more identified products;   receiving, at the computer system, a selection of one or more product attributes;   ranking, by the computer system, the one or more identified products that satisfy the selected one or more customization options in accordance with the one or more product attributes;   providing, from the computer system, a list of the one or more products that satisfy the selected one or more customization options in an order corresponding to the ranking.   
     
     
         3 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing processor-executable instructions, which instructions when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method, comprising:
 receiving, at a computer system including the processor and communicatively coupled to a computer network, a query regarding one or more products included in an inventory;   providing, from the computer system, a plurality of customization options associated with the one or more products;   receiving, at the computer system, a selection of one or more of the customization options;   identifying, by the computer system, one or more products that satisfy the selected one or more customization options to produce one or more identified products;   receiving, at the computer system, a selection of one or more product attributes;   ranking, by the computer system, the one or more identified products that satisfy the selected one or more customization options in accordance with the one or more product attributes;   providing, from the computer system, a list of the one or more products that satisfy the selected one or more customization options in an order corresponding to the ranking.   
     
     
         4 . A system, comprising a server communicatively coupled to a client computer via a computer network, the server configured to:
 receive a query from the client computer regarding one or more products included in an inventory, and provide a plurality of customization options associated with the one or more products;   receive, from the client computer, a selection of one or more of the customization options, and identify one or more products that satisfy the selected one or more customization options to produce one or more identified products;   receive, from the client computer, a selection of one or more product attributes, and rank the one or more identified products that satisfy the selected one or more customization options in accordance with the one or more product attributes; and   provide, to the client computer, a list of the one or more products that satisfy the selected one or more customization options in an order corresponding to the ranking.