Upselling offerings to customers
First Claim
1. A method for upselling offerings to customers, the method comprising:
- receiving information relating to a plurality of different products offered by a plurality of different sellers over a digital communications network interface, wherein at least one first product is associated with at least one second product from the plurality of different products made available from at least one seller of the plurality of different sellers, and wherein the at least one first product is associated with at least one tag and two codes;
storing the received information relating to the plurality of different products offered by the plurality of different sellers in a database in memory of a server device accessible to a plurality of user devices over a digital communications network, wherein the information for each of the different products is accessible via a respective web address link that includes the respective associated two codes;
sending software application data to a user device from amongst the plurality of user devices over the digital communications network, wherein the software application data is executable at the user device to scan the at least one tag to read a first code that identifies an offering associated with the at least one second product and a second code that identifies a seller or manufacturer of the at least one second product;
resolving a web link address received from the user device that is comprised of the first code and the second code, wherein the web link address resolves to the information stored in the database regarding the offering associated with the at least one second product to be purchased from the seller or from the manufacturer of the at least one second product; and
processing an order for the at least one second product based on the information regarding the offering, the order processed via a user interaction at a user interface at the user device such that the at least one seller can fulfill the order of the at least one second product by way of at least the digital communications network.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus where information relating to products and services offered by various vendors may be offered for sale to customers via computing devices owned by those customers. Products and services offered to a particular customer may be related to a product previously purchased by that customer or be related to a product that a customer has access to. In certain instances, a product that a customer has access to may include a tag, such as a circuit, a chip, or printed matter that may provide information to an electronic device of a customer. After the customer'"'"'s device received the information provided by the product tag, other products or services related to the tagged product may be received by the customer device.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for upselling offerings to customers, the method comprising:
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receiving information relating to a plurality of different products offered by a plurality of different sellers over a digital communications network interface, wherein at least one first product is associated with at least one second product from the plurality of different products made available from at least one seller of the plurality of different sellers, and wherein the at least one first product is associated with at least one tag and two codes; storing the received information relating to the plurality of different products offered by the plurality of different sellers in a database in memory of a server device accessible to a plurality of user devices over a digital communications network, wherein the information for each of the different products is accessible via a respective web address link that includes the respective associated two codes; sending software application data to a user device from amongst the plurality of user devices over the digital communications network, wherein the software application data is executable at the user device to scan the at least one tag to read a first code that identifies an offering associated with the at least one second product and a second code that identifies a seller or manufacturer of the at least one second product; resolving a web link address received from the user device that is comprised of the first code and the second code, wherein the web link address resolves to the information stored in the database regarding the offering associated with the at least one second product to be purchased from the seller or from the manufacturer of the at least one second product; and processing an order for the at least one second product based on the information regarding the offering, the order processed via a user interaction at a user interface at the user device such that the at least one seller can fulfill the order of the at least one second product by way of at least the digital communications network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for upselling offerings to customers, the method comprising:
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receiving information relating to a plurality of different products offered by a plurality of different sellers over a digital communications network interface, wherein at least one first product is associated with at least one second product from the plurality of different products made available from at least one seller of the plurality of different sellers, and wherein the at least one first product is associated with at least one tag and two codes; storing the received information relating to the plurality of different products offered by the plurality of different sellers in a database in memory of a server device accessible to a plurality of user devices over a digital communications network, wherein the information for each of the different products is accessible via a respective web address link that includes the respective associated two codes; sending software application data to a user device from amongst the plurality of user devices over the digital communications network, wherein the software application data is executable at the user device to scan the at least one tag to read a first code that identifies an offering associated with the at least one second product and a second code that identifies a seller or manufacturer of the at least one second product; resolving a web link address received from the user device that is comprised of the first code and the second code, wherein the web link address resolves to the information stored in the database regarding the offering associated with the at least one second product to be purchased from the seller or from the manufacturer of the at least one second product; and processing an order for the at least one second product based on the information regarding the offering, the order processed via a user interaction at a user interface at the user device such that the at least one seller can fulfill the order of the at least one second product by way of at least the digital communications network. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for upselling offerings to customers, the apparatus comprising:
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a database in memory that stores information relating to a plurality of different products offered by a plurality of different sellers, wherein at least one first product is associated with at least one second product from the plurality of different products made available from at least one seller of the plurality of different sellers, the at least one first product associated with at least one tag and two codes, and wherein the information for each of the different products is accessible via at least one respective web address link comprising the respective associated two codes; and a network interface that sends software application data to a user device, wherein the software application data is executable at the user device to scan the at least one tag to read a first code that identifies an offering associated with the at least one second product and a second code that identifies a seller or manufacturer of the at least one second product; and a processor that executes instructions stored in memory to resolve a web link address received from the user device that is comprised of the first code and the second code, wherein the web link address resolves to the information stored in the database regarding the offering associated with the at least one second product to be purchased from the seller or from the manufacturer of the at least one second product; and a user interface that processes an order for the at least one second product based on the information regarding the offering, the order processed via user interaction at the user interface such that the at least one seller can fulfill the order of the at least one second other product. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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