System and method for community aided research and shopping
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- generating an annotation web page interface for assisting a plurality of users to perform research pertaining to a type of a product, the annotation web page interface comprising a features area comprising a selection feature and a set of selectable values corresponding to various features of different product types, the annotation web page further comprising a highlighting feature for annotating presentable information of a content page of a web site providing information about the product;
receiving, from a plurality of computer systems of the plurality of users using the annotation web page interface, a plurality of annotations of presentable information of the content page of the web site, the plurality of annotations including highlighting associated with portions of the presentable information;
determining, at a server, that a first portion of the presentable information includes good information corresponding to positive aspects of the product based on a first set of the plurality of annotations highlighting the first portion of the presentable information on the content page of the web site by selecting the first portion using the selection feature and designating the highlighted first portion as the good information using a first selectable value;
determining, at the server, that a second portion of the presentable information includes bad information corresponding to negative aspects of the product based on a second set of the plurality of annotations highlighting the second portion of the presentable information on the content page of the web site by selecting the second portion using the selection feature and designating the highlighted second portion as the bad information using a second selectable value;
based on an accessing of the content page of the web site by a first user of the plurality of users, generating, at the server for presentation to the first user, a collective highlighting of the presentable information, the collective highlighting including a designation of the first portion of the presentable information on the content page of the web site as the good information and a designation of the second portion of the presentable information on the content page of the web site as the bad information; and
presenting the content page of the web site to the first user including the collective highlighting including the designation of the first portion of the presentable information on the content page of the web site as the good information and the designation of the second portion of the presentable information on the content page of the web site as the bad information.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing product research help to a consumer doing internet shopping. A consumer helper application for internet commerce has been designed to integrate the techniques that are currently used by many internet consumers into a single application program. For example, the consumer helper application allows a user to take notes, store web site links, store web site annotations, obtain collaborative input, and perform other tasks commonly used by web site consumers. The consumer helper application stores all of the information gathered in a single place. Information provided by other consumers may be shared using the consumer helper application. The consumer helper application will suggest specific items for a consumer to purchase based up on the information gathered by the consumer into the consumer helper application.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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generating an annotation web page interface for assisting a plurality of users to perform research pertaining to a type of a product, the annotation web page interface comprising a features area comprising a selection feature and a set of selectable values corresponding to various features of different product types, the annotation web page further comprising a highlighting feature for annotating presentable information of a content page of a web site providing information about the product; receiving, from a plurality of computer systems of the plurality of users using the annotation web page interface, a plurality of annotations of presentable information of the content page of the web site, the plurality of annotations including highlighting associated with portions of the presentable information; determining, at a server, that a first portion of the presentable information includes good information corresponding to positive aspects of the product based on a first set of the plurality of annotations highlighting the first portion of the presentable information on the content page of the web site by selecting the first portion using the selection feature and designating the highlighted first portion as the good information using a first selectable value; determining, at the server, that a second portion of the presentable information includes bad information corresponding to negative aspects of the product based on a second set of the plurality of annotations highlighting the second portion of the presentable information on the content page of the web site by selecting the second portion using the selection feature and designating the highlighted second portion as the bad information using a second selectable value; based on an accessing of the content page of the web site by a first user of the plurality of users, generating, at the server for presentation to the first user, a collective highlighting of the presentable information, the collective highlighting including a designation of the first portion of the presentable information on the content page of the web site as the good information and a designation of the second portion of the presentable information on the content page of the web site as the bad information; and presenting the content page of the web site to the first user including the collective highlighting including the designation of the first portion of the presentable information on the content page of the web site as the good information and the designation of the second portion of the presentable information on the content page of the web site as the bad information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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non-transitory memory storing instructions; and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to cause the system to perform operations comprising; generating an annotation web page interface for assisting a plurality of users to perform research pertaining to a type of a product, the annotation web page interface comprising a features area comprising a selection feature and a set of selectable values corresponding to various features of different product types, the annotation web page further comprising a highlighting feature for annotating presentable information of a content page of a web site providing information about the product; receiving, from a plurality of computer systems of the plurality of users using the annotation web page interface, a plurality of annotations of presentable information of the content page of the web site, the plurality of annotations including highlighting associated with portions of the presentable information; determining, at a server, that a first portion of the presentable information includes good information corresponding to positive aspects of the product based on a first set of the plurality of annotations highlighting the first portion of the presentable information on the content page of the web site by selecting the first portion using the selection feature and designating the highlighted first portion as the good information using a first selectable value; determining, at the server, that a second portion of the presentable information includes bad information corresponding to negative aspects of the product based on a second set of the plurality of annotations highlighting the second portion of the presentable information on the content page of the web site by selecting the second portion using the selection feature and designating the highlighted second portion as the bad information using a second selectable value; based on an accessing of the content page of the web site by a first user of the plurality of users, generating, at the server for presentation to the first user, a collective highlighting of the presentable information, the collective highlighting including a designation of the first portion of the presentable information on the content page of the web site as the good information and a designation of the second portion of the presentable information on the content page of the web site as the bad information; and presenting the content page of the web site to the first user including the collective highlighting. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory machine readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, in response to being executed by one or more processors, cause performance of operations, the operations comprising:
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generating an annotation web page interface for assisting a plurality of users to perform research pertaining to a type of a product, the annotation web page interface comprising a features area comprising a selection feature and a set of selectable values corresponding to various features of different product types, the annotation web page further comprising a highlighting feature for annotating presentable information of a content page of a web site providing information about the product; receiving, from a plurality of computer systems of the plurality of users using the annotation web page interface, a plurality of annotations of presentable information of the content page of the web site, the plurality of annotations including highlighting associated with portions of the presentable information; determining, at a server, that a first portion of the presentable information includes good information corresponding to positive aspects of the product based on a first set of the plurality of annotations highlighting the first portion of the presentable information on the content page of the web site by selecting the first portion using the selection feature and designating the highlighted first portion as the good information using a first selectable value; determining, at the server, that a second portion of the presentable information includes bad information corresponding to negative aspects of the product based on a second set of the plurality of annotations highlighting the second portion of the presentable information on the content page of the web site by selecting the second portion using the selection feature and designating the highlighted second portion as the bad information using a second selectable value; based on an accessing of the content page of the web site by a first user of the plurality of users, generating, at the server for presentation to the first user, a collective highlighting of the presentable information, the collective highlighting including a designation of the first portion of the presentable information on the content page of the web site as the good information and a designation of the second portion of the presentable information on the content page of the web site as the bad information; and presenting the content page of the web site to the first user including the collective highlighting. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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