DESC:FORM 2
THE PATENTS ACT, 1970
(39 of 1970)
&
THE PATENTS RULES, 2003
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
(See section 10, rule 13)
“A Method & System for facilitating a communication between a retailer and a manufacturer for a merchandise”
By
Charies APP Private Limited
An Indian Company
Address at: No.26, 30. 5th cross, DBY Layout, Lourd Nagara Basavanapura, Seegehalli, Battarahalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560049

The following specification particularly describes the invention.

Field of the Invention
The disclosure relates to effective communication between a retailer and one or more manufacturers for at least one merchandise and, more particularly, to merchandise transactions associated with the manufacturer to facilitate the transaction communication.

Background of the Invention
The Internet and World Wide Web are especially conducive to conducting electronic commerce. Many Web servers and applications have been developed through which vendors can advertise and sell product. The products can include items that are delivered electronically to the user over the Internet and items that are delivered through conventional distribution channels (e.g., a shipping agent). A server computer system may provide an electronic version of a catalog that lists the items that are available. For example, a user/purchaser/retailer may browse through the catalog using a browser and select various items to purchase from the manufacturer. In a retailer/manufacturer scenario, retailer is always restricted or limited what the manufacturer is offering in the market or on the web. It’s generally a one way communication where the retailer has to purchase only those products what the manufacturer is ready to offer.
For example, if a retailer wants to buy a product, the retailer will not know where to buy it from for the best price? The retailer may not know who is best. The retailer will not know where one will get that product for cheap price.
Therefore, which will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon reading and understanding the specification, there is a need in the art for a method and system for facilitating a communication between a retailer and one or more manufacturer for at least one merchandise associated with the manufacturer and also making information exchange easier using a facilitation system via Internet networks or via mobile network communication efficiently.

Summary of the Invention
The following presents a simplified summary of one or more embodiments in order to provide a basic understanding of such embodiments. This summary is not an extensive overview of all contemplated embodiments, and is intended to neither identify key or critical elements of all embodiments nor delineate the scope of any or all embodiments. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of one or more embodiments in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.
An aspect of the present invention is to address at least the above-mentioned problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages described below.
The present invention provides a method of facilitating a communication between a retailer and at least one manufacturer for at least one merchandise, the respective merchandise of which is associated with the manufacturer. The method including receiving a request of the merchandise along with the quantity from at least one retailer, notifying the information about the requested merchandise to the plurality of manufacturers, proposing a list of manufacturers to the retailer, the list of manufacturers are in the order of tendering the best price or deal of the requested merchandise, allowing the retailer to select one or more manufacturers from the proposed list and make a request to acquire the details of the manufacturer and instigating the retailer to establish a communication directly with the manufacturer in order to complete transaction.
In another aspect of the present invention provides a system of facilitating a communication between a retailer and at least one manufacturer for at least one merchandise, the respective merchandise of which is associated with the manufacturer. The system including one or more of manufacturer and one or more of retailer, the manufacturer and the retailers are coupled to each other over a network, and at least one server comprising of a processor and a repository, the server coupled with manufacturer and the retailers, the server is configured for: receiving a request of the merchandise along with the quantity from at least one retailer, notifying the information about the requested merchandise to the plurality of manufacturers, proposing a list of manufacturers to the retailer, the list of manufacturers are in the order of tendering the best price or deal of the requested merchandise, allowing the retailer to select one or more manufacturers from the proposed list and make a request to acquire the details of the manufacturer and instigating the retailer to establish a communication directly with the manufacturer in order to complete transaction.
Other aspects, advantages, and salient features of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, which, taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, discloses exemplary embodiments of the invention.

Brief description of the drawings
The above and other aspects, features, and advantages of certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be more apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 shows a block diagram of a system pursuant to embodiments of the present invention.
Figure 2 shows a flow chart of a method of facilitating a communication between a retailer and at least one manufacturer for at least one merchandise, the respective merchandise of which is associated with the manufacturer, according to one embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 shows an example of figure 2, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a diagram of a hardware environment applicable to an embodiment of the facilitator system.
Figure 5 is a diagram of a storage medium storing a computer program providing an embodiment of a method for improving communication effectiveness between manufacturers, retailers and individual consumers and making information exchange easier.
Persons skilled in the art will appreciate that elements in the figures are illustrated for simplicity and clarity and may have not been drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements in the figure may be exaggerated relative to other elements to help to improve understanding of various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure.
Throughout the drawings, it should be noted that like reference numbers are used to depict the same or similar elements, features, and structures.

Detailed description of the invention
A method, system and apparatus for management of applications within mobile devices are described herein A detailed description of one or more embodiments of the invention is provided below along with accompanying figures that illustrate the principles of the invention. The invention is described in connection with such embodiments, but the invention is not limited to any embodiment. The scope of the invention is limited only by the claims and the invention encompasses numerous alternatives, modifications and equivalents. Numerous specific details are set forth in the following description in order to provide a thorough understanding of the invention. These details are provided for the purpose of example and the invention may be practiced according to the claims without some or all of these specific details. For the purpose of clarity, technical material that is known in the technical fields related to the invention has not been described in detail so that the invention is not unnecessarily obscured.
Unless specifically stated otherwise, it is appreciated that throughout the description, discussions utilizing terms such as “processing” or “computing” or “calculating” or “determining” or “displaying” or the like, refer to the action and processes of a data processing system, or similar electronic computing device, that manipulates and transforms data represented as physical (electronic) quantities within the computer system's registers and memories into other data similarly represented as physical quantities within the computer system memories or registers or other such information storage, transmission or display devices.
The algorithms and displays with the applications described herein are not inherently related to any particular computer or other apparatus. Various general-purpose systems may be used with programs in accordance with the teachings herein, or it may prove convenient to construct more specialized apparatus to perform the required machine-implemented method operations. The required structure for a variety of these systems will appear from the description below. In addition, embodiments of the present invention are not described with reference to any particular programming language. It will be appreciated that a variety of programming languages may be used to implement the teachings of embodiments of the invention as described herein.
An embodiment of the invention may be implemented as a method or as a machine readable non-transitory storage medium that stores executable instructions that, when executed by a data processing system, causes the system to perform a method. An apparatus, such as a data processing system, can also be an embodiment of the invention. Other features of the present invention will be apparent from the accompanying drawings and from the detailed description which follows.
The term “invention” and the like mean “the one or more inventions disclosed in this application”, unless expressly specified otherwise.
The terms “an aspect”, “an embodiment”, “embodiment”, “embodiments”, “the embodiment”, “the embodiments”, “one or more embodiments”, “some embodiments”, “certain embodiments”, “one embodiment”, “another embodiment” and the like mean “one or more (but not all) embodiments of the disclosed invention(s)”, unless expressly specified otherwise.
The term “variation” of an invention means an embodiment of the invention, unless expressly specified otherwise.
The term “device” and “mobile device” refer herein to any personal digital assistants, Smart phones, other cell phones, tablets and the like.
A reference to “another embodiment” or “another aspect” in describing an embodiment does not imply that the referenced embodiment is mutually exclusive with another embodiment (e.g., an embodiment described before the referenced embodiment), unless expressly specified otherwise.
The terms “including”, “comprising” and variations thereof mean “including but not limited to”, unless expressly specified otherwise.
The terms “a”, “an” and “the” mean “one or more”, unless expressly specified otherwise.
The term “plurality” means “two or more”, unless expressly specified otherwise.
The term “herein” means “in the present application, including anything which may be incorporated by reference”, unless expressly specified otherwise.
The term “whereby” is used herein only to precede a clause or other set of words that express only the intended result, objective or consequence of something that is previously and explicitly recited. Thus, when the term “whereby” is used in a claim, the clause or other words that the term “whereby” modifies do not establish specific further limitations of the claim or otherwise restricts the meaning or scope of the claim.
The term “e.g.” and like terms mean “for example”, and thus does not limit the term or phrase it explains. For example, in a sentence “the computer sends data (e.g., instructions, a data structure) over the Internet”, the term “e.g.” explains that “instructions” are an example of “data” that the computer may send over the Internet, and also explains that “a data structure” is an example of “data” that the computer may send over the Internet. However, both “instructions” and “a data structure” are merely examples of “data”, and other things besides “instructions” and “a data structure” can be “data”.
The term “respective” and like terms mean “taken individually”. Thus if two or more things have “respective” characteristics, then each such thing has its own characteristic, and these characteristics can be different from each other but need not be. For example, the phrase “each of two machines has a respective function” means that the first such machine has a function and the second such machine has a function as well. The function of the first machine may or may not be the same as the function of the second machine.
The term “i.e.” and like terms mean “that is”, and thus limits the term or phrase it explains. For example, in the sentence “the computer sends data (i.e., instructions) over the Internet”, the term “i.e.” explains that “instructions” are the “data” that the computer sends over the Internet.
Any given numerical range shall include whole and fractions of numbers within the range. For example, the range “1 to 10” shall be interpreted to specifically include whole numbers between 1 and 10 (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, . . . 9) and non-whole numbers (e.g. 1.1, 1.2, . . . 1.9).
Where two or more terms or phrases are synonymous (e.g., because of an explicit statement that the terms or phrases are synonymous), instances of one such term/phrase does not mean instances of another such term/phrase must have a different meaning. For example, where a statement renders the meaning of “including” to be synonymous with “including but not limited to”, the mere usage of the phrase “including but not limited to” does not mean that the term “including” means something other than “including but not limited to”.
Neither the Title (set forth at the beginning of the first page of the present application) nor is the Abstract (set forth at the end of the present application) to be taken as limiting in any way as the scope of the disclosed invention. The title of the present application and headings of sections provided in the present application are for convenience only, and are not to be taken as limiting the disclosure in any way.
Figure 1 shows a block diagram of a system 100 pursuant to embodiments of the present invention. The system generally includes one or more retailers 110, one or more manufacturers 120 and a facilitator system 140. The retailers and the manufacturers are in communication with the facilitator system 140 via a network 130. The network may be the Internet, an intranet, or an extranet, for example. The network may also be any form of non-electronic system, for example paper-based documentation system. Also the network may be a mobile service network. An extranet may be a private network connection provided exclusively among two or more parties such as dealers, wholesalers, resellers, or suppliers.
The manufacturers may submit or upload a product using the facilitator system via the network. Similarly, the retailers may also submit a product request to the facilitator system via the network. The product may include a plurality of features which is offered by the manufacturer to the retailers subject to sell or offer or for negotiation. Although any combination of goods and/or services may be the subject of the sell or offer or negotiation, the examples given herein assume that only goods are the subject of sell or offer or negotiation merely for purposes of clarity. The plurality of attributes related to the product specified preferably includes a price as well as other attributes of the product but not limited to at least one of the units of weight, price, age, density, time, delay, jitter, etc.
The attributes specified optionally include various quality characteristics of the goods, the time and location of delivery, the quantity, and/or a nominal or baseline price. For example, in the case of a semiconductor chip, quality characteristics such as feature size, speed, power consumption, operating temperature, expected life, warranty, and/or other quality characteristics may be specified by the manufacturer to the retailers.
The facilitator system manages the overall ongoing multilateral communication among the manufacturer and the retailers. At any point in time, the multilateral negotiations by way of sell or offer is managed by the facilitator system may include one or more bilateral negotiations and/or one or more multilateral negotiations. A bilateral negotiation is a one-to-one negotiation between one manufacturer and one retailer. A multilateral negotiation can be one-to-many, i.e., one retailer and multiple manufacturer or one manufacturer and multiple retailers, or many-to-many, i.e., multiple retailers and multiple manufacturer. A multilateral negotiation by way of sell or offer generally includes one or more one-to-one and/or one-to many negotiations each involving the same or similar goods.
The facilitator system receives the multi-attributes of the product from the manufacturer and retailer, facilitates the communication among the manufacturer and retailer, and selectively discloses information regarding the negotiation to the manufacturer and retailer, depending upon their respective status in the communication. The various communication of manufacturer and retailer will be explained and will become apparent in light of subsequent discussion. The functions and methodologies for the facilitator system will also be described in more detail.
As shown in FIG. 1, there may be one or more retailers 110 and there may one or more manufacturer 120. Further, the number of retailer need not equal the number of manufacturer. For purposes of discussion and clarity only, a retailer refers to a purchasing party and its associated set of offers for a given multilateral negotiation. Similarly, a manufacturer refers to a selling party and a single set of offers for the given multilateral negotiation. Although any of the purchasing and selling parties may optionally also participate in other multilateral negotiations with other sets of offers associated therewith, the terms “retailer” and “manufacturer” do not refer to those sets of offers associated with other multilateral negotiations. In other words, a retailer and a manufacturer are specific to a given multilateral negotiation. Further, the retailer may also include consumer of resource like person, telecom equipment, etc. and manufacturer includes supplier of resources like person, telecom equipment, power grid, multiple sources of electric power, etc.
Figure 2 shows a flow chart of a method of facilitating a communication between a retailer and at least one manufacturer for at least one merchandise, the respective merchandise of which is associated with the manufacturer, according to one embodiment of the present invention. In an embodiment of the present invention, the retailers and the manufacturers are registered with the platform or system in order to avail the facilitation services. At step 210, the method receives a request of the merchandise along with the quantity from at least one retailer.
At step 220, the method notifies the information about the requested merchandise to the plurality of manufacturers. The manufacturer will upload the product based on the request by the retailer in order to view the merchandise details.
At step 230, the method proposes a list of manufacturers to the retailer, the list of manufacturers are in the order of tendering the best price or deal of the requested merchandise.
At step 240, the method allows the retailer to select one or more manufacturers from the proposed list and make a request to acquire the details of the manufacturer.
At step 250, the method instigates the retailer to establish a communication directly with the manufacturer in order to complete transaction. The retailer will contact the manufacturer and takes details of the product using the platform
The method further receives a another/further request from the retailer to facilitate the transaction with the manufacturer, prompts the retailer to make the necessary transfer of payment for further processing and interacts with manufacturer on behalf of retailer in order facilitate the transaction between the retail and manufacturer. In an embodiment, the manufacturer will dispatch the merchandise based on the request from the retailer in order to receive the selected merchandise. Upon confirmation that retailers have received the merchandise, the platform/system will initiate the payment to the manufacturer.
Figure 3(a) shows an example of figure 2, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. At 310, the manufacturer will upload the product and retailer will view the product. At 320, the retailer will contact the manufacturer and takes details of the product. At 330, the retailer will transfer the amount to the manufacturer directly. At 340, the manufacturer will dispatch the goods directly to the retailer upon making the payment. At 350, the retailer will receive the goods. At 360, the once the system gets a confirmation that retailers have received the goods then the system will make payment to the manufacturer.
Figure 3(b) show an example of figure 2, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. At 310, the retailer will request the product along with the quantity. At 320, all manufacturers/ dealers/ distributors/ wholesalers etc., under that category will get a notification. At 330, the system will send the list of best price tenders to retailer. At 340, in order to get the details of the particular manufacturer’s/dealers/distributors/wholesalers etc., one have to send the request to system, and the system will provide the details. At 350, if retailers would like to deal with manufacturers/ dealers/ distributors/ wholesalers etc., directly then the system will facilitates the details of manufacturer’s/ dealers/ distributors/ wholesalers etc., and retailer can contact the manufacturer to finish the deal or agreement or transaction. If retailer would like to go through the system then at 360, the retailer have to transfer the amount to system and further system will be contacting the manufacturers/ dealers/ distributors/ wholesalers etc..., and place the order from retailer’s side. Once the system get the confirmation that retailers have received the goods or merchandise, the system will be the transferring the amount to the manufacturer’s/ dealers/ distributors/ wholesalers etc.
In an example method or operation. Retailer want to place a request for a saree. The retailer is aware of that saree is famous in Surat city, so retailer will enter the name of the city along with the quantity. The manufacturer’s/ dealers/ distributors/ wholesalers etc., who produce saree in and out of Surat city will all receive a notification that a retailer is looking for a specific type of saree which is famous in your city. Once the manufactures receive the notification, all the manufacturers/ dealers/ distributors/ wholesalers etc. who all are registered with the system will provide their information by way of updates to the system. The updates may be or may include description of the goods requested, when they can give and at what price. Based on the details received by the retailer, they can inform the system that they want to approach the manufacturer’s/ dealers/ distributors/ wholesalers etc directly. The system will allow them to view the details of the manufacturer’s/ dealers/ distributors/ wholesalers etc. without any intervention. If the retailers would like to proceed or want to facilitate the transaction through the system, the system prompts for the payment of the desired goods or merchandise requested to the manufacturer’s/ dealers/ distributors/ wholesalers etc. On behalf of retailer, the system will took over the charge and perform the transaction. Once the requested goods or merchandise is delivered to the concern retailer, the system releases the payment to the manufacturer’s/ dealers/ distributors/ wholesalers etc. with the confirmation taken from the retailer.
Figure 4 is a diagram of a hardware environment applicable to an embodiment of the facilitator system. The system 400 includes a processing unit 410, a memory 420, a storage device 430, an output device 440, an input device 450 and a communication device 460. The processing unit 410 is connected by buses 470 to the memory 420, storage device 430, output device 440, input device 450 and communication device 460 based on Von Neumann architecture. There may be one or more processing units 410, such that the processor of the computer comprises a single central processing unit (CPU), a micro processing unit (MPU) or multiple processing units, commonly referred to as a parallel processing environment. The memory 420 is preferably a random access memory (RAM), but may also include read-only memory (ROM) or flash ROM. The memory 420 preferably stores program modules executed by the processing unit 410 to perform auction negotiation support functions. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, scripts, Web pages, or others, that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. Moreover, those skilled in the art will understand that some embodiments may be practiced with other computer system configurations, including hand-held devices, multiprocessor-based, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronics, network PCs, minicomputers, mainframe computers, and the like. Some embodiments may also be practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices linked through a communication network. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote memory storage devices based on various remote access architecture such as DCOM, CORBA, Web objects, Web Services or other similar architectures. The storage device 430 may be a hard drive, magnetic drive, optical drive, portable drive, or nonvolatile memory drive. The drives and associated computer-readable media thereof (if required) provide nonvolatile storage of computer-readable instructions, data structures and program modules. The processing unit 410, controlled by program modules received from the memory 420 and from an operator through the input device, directs auction negotiation support functions.
Also disclosed is a storage medium as shown in FIG. 5 storing a computer program 510 providing the disclosed method of facilitation support. The computer program product includes a storage medium 520 having computer readable program code embodied therein for use in a computer system. The facilitation support systems and methods, or certain aspects or portions thereof, may take the form of program code (i.e., instructions) embodied in tangible media, such as floppy diskettes, CD-ROMS, hard drives, or any other machine-readable storage medium, wherein, when the program code is loaded into and executed by a machine, such as a computer, the machine becomes an apparatus for practicing the invention. The disclosed methods and systems may also be embodied in the form of program code transmitted over some transmission medium, such as electrical wiring or cabling, through fiber optics, or via any other form of transmission, wherein, when the program code is received and loaded into and executed by a machine, such as a computer, the machine becomes an apparatus for practicing the invention. When implemented on a general-purpose processor, the program code combines with the processor to provide a unique apparatus that operates analogously to specific logic circuits.
Certain term are used throughout the description and claims to refer to particular system components. As one skilled in the art will appreciate, consumer electronic equipment manufacturers may refer to a component by different names. This document does not intend to distinguish between components that differ in name but not function.
Although the invention has been described in terms of preferred embodiment, it is not limited thereto. Those skilled in this technology can make various alterations and modifications without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention shall be defined and protected by the following claims and their equivalents.
FIGS. 1-5 are merely representational and are not drawn to scale. Certain portions thereof may be exaggerated, while others may be minimized. FIGS. 1-5 illustrate various embodiments of the invention that can be understood and appropriately carried out by those of ordinary skill in the art.
,CLAIMS:WE CLAIM:
1. A method of facilitating a communication between a retailer and at least one manufacturer for at least one merchandise, the respective merchandise of which is associated with the manufacturer, the method comprising:
receiving a request of the merchandise along with the quantity from at least one retailer;
notifying the information about the requested merchandise to the plurality of manufacturers;
proposing a list of manufacturers to the retailer, the list of manufacturers are in the order of tendering the best price or deal of the requested merchandise;
allowing the retailer to select one or more manufacturers from the proposed list and make a request to acquire the details of the manufacturer; and
instigating the retailer to establish a communication directly with the manufacturer in order to complete transaction.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving a further request from the retailer to facilitate the transaction with the manufacturer;
prompting the retailer to make the necessary transfer of payment for further processing; and
interacting with manufacturer on behalf of retailer in order facilitate the transaction between the retail and manufacturer.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the retailers and the manufacturers are registered with the platform or system in order to avail the facilitation services.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the manufacturer will upload the product based on the request by the retailer in order to view the merchandise details.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the retailer will contact the manufacturer and takes details of the product using the platform.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the manufacturer will dispatch the merchandise based on the request from the retailer in order to receive the selected merchandise.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein upon confirmation that retailers have received the merchandise, the platform/system will initiate the payment to the manufacturer.

8. A system of facilitating a communication between a retailer and at least one manufacturer for at least one merchandise, the respective merchandise of which is associated with the manufacturer, the system comprising:
a plurality of manufacturer and at least one retailer, the manufacturer and the retailers are coupled to each other over a network, and
at least one server comprising of a processor and a repository, the server coupled with manufacturer and the retailers, the server is configured for:
receiving a request of the merchandise along with the quantity from at least one retailer;
notifying the information about the requested merchandise to the plurality of manufacturers;
proposing a list of manufacturers to the retailer, the list of manufacturers are in the order of tendering the best price or deal of the requested merchandise;
allowing the retailer to select one or more manufacturers from the proposed list and make a request to acquire the details of the manufacturer; and
instigating the retailer to establish a communication directly with the manufacturer in order to complete transaction.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the server is further configured for:
receiving a further request from the retailer to facilitate the transaction with the manufacturer;
prompting the retailer to make the necessary transfer of payment for further processing; and
interacting with manufacturer on behalf of retailer in order facilitate the transaction between the retail and manufacturer.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the repository stores the manufacturer and retailers data, and wherein the processor of the system is further configured to analyze the data in determining the fund amount or the discount to apply in connection with the transaction.