ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,223,535, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to NCR Voyix Corp. (Atlanta).
"Network-based inventory replenishment" was invented by Yehoshua Zvi Licht (Alpharetta, Ga.) and Brent Vance Zucker (Roswell, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network-based inventory replenishment application maintains and analyzes item transactions on a per-consumer basis. Specific item purchases are calculated as being in need of replenishment by a specific consumer on specific future dates or a specific range of future dates. The consumer is proactively informed and asked if such items should be ordered. The network-based inventory replenishment application eng...