1. A method comprising:
identifying, by a computer-based system for evaluating financial risk, a product order associated with a greatest financial risk by comparing a plurality of product orders to a predefined list of products, wherein each of a plurality of products in the predefined list of products is ranked from a product associated with a greatest financial risk to a product associated with a least financial risk; and
authorizing, by the computer-based system, only the product order associated with the greatest financial risk.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising assigning, by the computer-based system, a plurality of priority orders to a plurality of product orders.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the plurality of priority orders are included in the predefined list of products.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the plurality of priority orders include a ranking of the plurality of product orders from greatest financial risk to least financial risk.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the product order associated with the greatest financial risk is the product order associated with a greatest quantity of products.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting, by the computer-based system and to the financial institution, an authorization request for the product order associated with a greatest priority order and an authorization request for the product order associated with a greatest quantity of products.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined list of products is defined by the financial institution and associated with a list of products having a financial risk.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the unique product code is defined by the financial institution and included in the predefined list of products.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the product order includes at least one of: a unique product code and a quantity.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the authorizing is based on an assessment of financial risk associated with the product order.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the authorizing includes transmitting an authorization request only for the product order associated with the greatest financial risk to a financial institution and receiving an authorization decision from the financial institution.
12. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a computer-based system for evaluating financial risk, cause the computer-based system to be capable of performing operations comprising:
identifying, by the computer-based system, a product order associated with a greatest financial risk by comparing a plurality of product orders to a predefined list of products, wherein each of a plurality of products in the predefined list of products is ranked from a product associated with a greatest financial risk to a product associated with a least financial risk; and
authorizing, by the computer-based system, only the product order associated with the greatest financial risk.
13. A system comprising:
a tangible, non-transitory memory communicating with a merchant processor for evaluating financial risk,
the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the merchant processor, cause the merchant processor to perform operations comprising:
identifying, by the merchant processor, a product order associated with a greatest financial risk by comparing a plurality of product orders to a predefined list of products, wherein each of a plurality of products in the predefined list of products is ranked from a product associated with a greatest financial risk to a product associated with a least financial risk; and
authorizing, by the merchant processor, only the product order associated with the greatest financial risk.
14. The system of claim 13, further comprising assigning, by the computer-based system, a plurality of priority orders to a plurality of product orders.
15. The system of claim 14, wherein the plurality of priority orders are included in the predefined list of products.
16. The system of claim 14, wherein the plurality of priority orders include a ranking of the plurality of product orders from greatest financial risk to least financial risk.
17. The system of claim 13, wherein the product order associated with the greatest financial risk is the product order associated with a greatest quantity of products.
18. The system of claim 13, further comprising transmitting, by the computer-based system and to the financial institution, an authorization request for the product order associated with a greatest priority order and an authorization request for the product order associated with a greatest quantity of products.
19. The system of claim 13, wherein the product order includes at least one of: a unique product code and a quantity.
20. The system of claim 13, wherein the authorizing is based on an assessment of financial risk associated with the product order.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of dispensing viscous material from a dispenser of the type having a chamber, an opening to deliver viscous material to the chamber, a dispensing bore in fluid communication with the chamber, and a piston movable within the dispensing bore, the method comprising:
moving the piston in a direction away from the dispensing bore;
delivering viscous material to the chamber through the opening;
moving the piston in a direction toward the dispensing bore;
cutting off the delivery of viscous material by blocking the opening with the piston as the piston moves toward the dispensing bore; and
ejecting a quantity of viscous material.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the quantity of viscous material ejected by the dispenser is substantially equal to the volume of the piston moved into the dispensing bore.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising varying the size of the opening into the chamber.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising varying the amount of viscous material ejected by varying a length of movement of the piston within the dispensing bore.
5. A method of dispensing viscous material from a dispenser of the type having a chamber, a dispensing bore in fluid communication with the chamber, and a piston movable within the dispensing bore, the method comprising:
moving the piston in a direction away from the dispensing bore;
delivering viscous material to the chamber through the opening;
moving the piston in a direction toward the dispensing bore; and
ejecting a quantity of viscous material substantially equal to the volume of the piston moved into the dispensing bore.
6. A method of dispensing viscous material from a dispenser of the type having a chamber, a barrel having an elongated bore formed therein, the barrel being disposed in the chamber, a dispensing bore in fluid communication with the chamber and the elongated bore of the barrel, and a piston disposed within the elongated bore of the barrel and configured to enter the dispensing bore to dispense a quantity of viscous material, the method comprising:
selecting a barrel to be disposed within the chamber;
selecting a piston to be disposed within the elongated bore of the barrel;
installing the barrel and the piston within the chamber;
moving the piston in a direction away from the dispensing bore;
delivering viscous material to the dispensing bore;
moving the piston in a direction toward the dispensing bore; and
ejecting a quantity of viscous material.
7. The method of claim 6, further comprising controlling a flow rate of the viscous material from the dispenser by causing the piston to dwell for a controlled period of time each time the piston ejects a quantity of viscous material.
8. The method of claim 6, wherein ejecting a quantity of viscous material comprises moving material from the dispensing bore through a small-diameter bore, the small-diameter bore being smaller in diameter than the dispensing bore.