Abstract
According to news reporting originatin g from Washington, D.C., by NewsRx journalists, a patent application by the inve ntors BAO, Xiaowei (Portland, OR, US); LI, Yihua (San Jose, CA, US); PARKIN, Rob ert (Foster City, CA, US); TANG, Zuochun (San Francisco, CA, US), filed on March 15, 2023, was made available online on September 19, 2024. No assignee for this patent application has been made. Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: "Available-to-promise (ATP) is a concept referring to a quanti ty of product to present as being available to purchase by prospective buyers at a given point in time. Usually a determination of ATP is made in real-time and based on an actual inquiry by a system or user. The determination accounts for c urrent inventory levels, customer orders, and expected upcoming supply/demand."
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