Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus, systems, computer program products for performing functionality requiring network connectivity in an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) configured to provide electronic and credentialed access to technical documentation for an item. In one embodiment, a method is provided comprising: receiving input comprising informational data; and responsive to receiving the data: generating a graphical security code; receiving input indicating a scanning of the code, wherein the scanning of the code (1) is performed by a user using a remote device connected to a network and (2) causes access to scanning functionality provided by an application installed on the device; and responsive to receiving the input: generating a graphical form code comprising the data; and causing display of a third window comprising the code, wherein the code can be scanned using the application to send the data to a third party over the network.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus, systems, computer program products for submitting an order for a part in an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) configured to provide electronic and credentialed access via an IETM viewer to technical documentation for an item. In one embodiment, a method is provided comprising: receiving selection of an ordering mechanism associated with the part; and responsive to receiving the selection: querying a stock identifier based on a part identifier, querying data for the part from a remote system based on the stock identifier, retrieving an electronic interactive order form based on the item, auto-populating the order form with the data, and providing the order form via a pop-up window for display via the IETM viewer, wherein the form is configured to allow the user to edit the data and/or enter additional data and the form provides one or more submit order mechanisms.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus, systems, computer program products for supporting communication functionality in an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) configured to provide electronic and credentialed access via an IETM viewer to technical documentation for an item. In one embodiment, a method is provided comprising: providing a window comprising a communication session option; receiving input of a selection of the communication session option; responsive to receiving the input: identifying active users who are signed into the IETM for a particular object of the item based on credentials for the user and the user being signed into the IETM for the particular object; and causing display of an identifier for each active user on the window as selectable; receiving input of a selection of an indicator for an active user; and responsive to receiving the input, initiating a communication session with the active user within the IETM.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus, systems, computer program products for generating a list of parts for technical documentation for an item to be used in an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) configured to provide electronic and credentialed access to the documentation via an IETM viewer. In one embodiment, a method is provided comprising: importing a publication of a portion of the documentation into the IETM comprising an illustrated parts breakdown (IPB); identifying parts in the IPB; generating the list of parts based on the parts identified in the IPB; providing a window for display via the IETM viewer comprising a first view pane displaying the list of parts in which each part is selectable; receiving a selection of a particular part from the list; and responsive to receiving the selection, providing one or more illustrations for the part for display via a second view pane.

An automated computer-readable algorithm designed to generate user links, constituting an indirect match or direct match, among a multitude of users; whereby, said user links will be generated by extracting data from a multitude of published inventories.

Ordering systems for a plurality of retailer service providers are integrated and provided through a single mobile application (app) to users for user-defined orders. Moreover, payment processing of the retailer service providers are integrated and available for processing payments of the orders through the single mobile app. Retailer-specific branding is maintained and provided through the app.

Preferences with respect nutrition and ingredients are established for a user. The preferences are managed and stored on a mobile device. Images of nutrition and ingredient information are captured and analyzed against the preferences. Any ingredient for an item associated with the images that do not conform to the preferences are flagged and the user notified. The user is provided an option to receive a substitute item that does conform with the preferences. In an embodiment, a discount is provided to the user for incentivizing the user to select the substitute item.

Embodiments include a method for optimizing order fulfillment conditions. Information of an order fulfillment is received, including items included in an order, inventory information of the items included in an order from one or more entities at respective locations, and timeline information of a user associated with the order fulfillment information. A selection of an entity at a first location is determined from the one or more entities at respective locations, and a time schedule associated with the order fulfillment is determined. Conditions are determined that correspond to the entity at the first location and a travel route to the first location, and responsive to determining the conditions corresponding to the travel route and the first location of the entity to be unfavorable for the order fulfillment, a modification is performed on the information of the order fulfillment resulting in favorable conditions for the order fulfillment.

A computer-implemented system for dynamic inventory balancing including at a processor and a memory device comprising instructions that when executed configure the processor to perform operations. The operations including receiving an inventory data feed from at least one fulfillment center, storing (in a database) a plurality of virtual bundles with associated grouping numbers and quantities—the plurality of virtual bundles having item bundles grouping two or more of a same item in the inventory data. The operations also include exposing the database to queries from a seller portal through at least one of RESTful service, a queue based system, an index, or an object table and receiving a client order, the client order comprising a bundle selection from the plurality of virtual bundles, and updating the plurality of virtual bundles by rebalancing the plurality of virtual bundles and corresponding associated quantities based on the bundle selection.

A method for identifying products removed from bulk packaging includes receiving one or more images acquired by a camera arranged to capture interactions between a shopper and one or more bulk packages each configured to contain a plurality of products, analyzing the one or more images to identify the shopper and a particular bulk package among the one or more bulk packages with which the identified shopper interacted, receiving an output from at least one sensor configured to monitor changes associated with the particular bulk package, analyzing the output to determine a quantity of products removed from the particular bulk package by the identified shopper, and updating a virtual shopping cart associated with the identified shopper to include the determined quantity of products and an indication of a product type associated with the particular bulk package.