Methods, systems, and computer readable media for preparing and delivering an ordered product upon detecting a customer presence are disclosed. In one example, a method includes detecting the presence of a mobile device associated with a customer identifier at a designated area and initiating, upon detecting the presence of the mobile device, the processing of a stored order request associated with the customer identifier for at least one product. The method further includes utilizing the customer identifier to send a notification message to the mobile device indicating that the at least one product is available for pickup or delivery.

A system and method for a dynamic customer checkout experience within an automated shopping environment that includes generating a virtual cart for the customer through an automatic checkout system; tracking location of the customer; generating an assessment of the virtual cart; and selecting a processing mode for the customer based in part on the assessment and executing the processing mode within at least one computing device in coordination with the location of the entity.

Processing items is provided. Multiple modes of fulfillment are identified for the items. The items are processed with the multiple modes of fulfillment in a single transaction for a customer.

A method of downloading an electronic product to a pin-pad terminal involves the pin-pad terminal transmitting to a network gateway a transaction proposal for an electronic product from a network device, and receiving from the network gateway a transaction proposal response generated by the network gateway in response to the transaction proposal. The transaction proposal response includes a transaction pointer associated with the electronic product. The pin-pad terminal electronically directly transmits to an electronic cash register coupled to the pin-pad terminal an indication of a payment amount for the electronic product. The pin-pad terminal receives from the electronic cash register confirmation of entry of the electronic product in an electronic shopping basket maintained by the electronic cash register, and transmits the transaction pointer to the network device via the network gateway. The pin-pad terminal receives the electronic product from the network device via the network gateway.

According to the embodiments described herein, an inventory exchange client can include one or more processors communicatively coupled to client memory, a client communication module, and a display. The memory can store machine readable instructions. The one or more processors can execute the machine readable instructions to store inventory information on the client memory. The inventory information can include a product instance. Updated inventory information can be received via the client communication module. The product instance can be updated according to the updated inventory information. The dynamic web page can be populated with identification objects. The identification objects can be associated with the inventory information. A product order request can be transmitted to an inventory exchange server. The product order request can be encoded to initiate a product transaction via the inventory exchange server.

The present invention relates to an e-commerce method capable of integrated ordering and integrated shipment to help a user residing abroad to use a domestic online shopping mall, the e-commerce method including displaying a plurality of online shopping malls on a user terminal, displaying an integrated order product list for a plurality of products selected by a user's input from at least one online shopping mall on the user terminal, receiving a purchase-on-behalf request event for a product of the integrated order product list from the user terminal, receiving first-shipment completion information from an administrator when the first shipment of the product purchased on behalf of the user to a predetermined shipment destination is completed, and displaying an integrated shipping method list including a plurality of shipping methods corresponding to the product for the second shipment of the product to a user shipment destination on the user terminal.

Receiving and processing user orders may include receiving an order for an order quantity of a product from a user computing device, retrieving a threshold inventory quantity of the product, retrieving a last known inventory quantity of the product, comparing the threshold inventory quantity with the difference between the last known inventory quantity and the order quantity, performing an asynchronous reservation of the quantity of the product when the threshold inventory quantity is less than the difference between the last known inventory quantity and the order quantity, and performing a synchronous reservation of the quantity of the product when the threshold inventory quantity is greater than the difference between the last known inventory quantity and the order quantity.

A method for processing user orders for products may include receiving an order for an order quantity of the product from a user computing device, determining that the order management system cannot communicate with the inventory management system to reserve the order quantity of the product, retrieving a last known inventory quantity of the product, retrieving an offline demand quantity for the product, transmitting a confirmation of the order to the user computing device when the sum of the order quantity and the offline demand quantity of the product is less than or equal to the last known inventory quantity of the product, and transmitting a denial of the order to the user computing device when the sum of the order quantity and the offline demand quantity of the product is greater than the last known inventory quantity of the product.

The image forming apparatus includes a facsimile device, a controller, an order recording unit, and a reorder time notification unit. The controller controls the facsimile device to transmit the image of the transmission document. The order recording unit (a) detects that the transmission document is an order form for a consumable, (b) specifies order data including at least an order item name and an order date for the order form, and (c) adds the order data to the order history data. The reorder time notification unit transmits a reorder time notification to the user when an order interval of a specific item specified based on the order history data has elapsed from the latest order date of the specific item.

The disclosure is the only food order placement application with features developed specifically to ensure each person adequately contributes to a group order. It is designed to offer users the ability to earn extra income by delivering bulk food orders to friends who share a restaurant tab. The system for product delivery includes a group contact module to take input from participants and determine group orders and individual orders of products. A payments module receives payments via a credit account of each of the participants based on input from the group contact module regarding prices of the products ordered. An order module selects a vendor and computes a total cost for each order plus taxes and pay the vendor for the order via the payments module. A delivery module takes input from the participants to select a delivery or pickup for each respective order from the group contact module.