Facilitating online transactions

• US 10,467,671 B2
• Filed: 04/12/2017
• Issued: 11/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Groupon Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Groupon Incorporated
• Inventors: Scholl, Nathaniel Blake, Miner, Andrew David, Crawford, Jason Alan
• Primary Examiner(s): Seibert, Christopher B
• Application Number:
  US15/486,188
• Publication Number:
  US 20180068363A1
• Time in Patent Office: 937 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted

Abstract

Merchandise content is aggregated from numerous merchant sources and presented on computing devices of individual users. Users are able to purchase select individual merchandise items by performing a simplified action, such as a screen tap on a touchscreen device. When the user performs the action, a series of actions are performed programmatically and/or automatically on behalf of the user to initiate and complete the transaction for the selected merchandise item from the merchant source.

Claims

1. A method of completing an electronic form, comprising:

receiving, by one or more servers from a consumer device via a network, user profile information comprised of profile components;

receiving, by the one more servers from the consumer device via the network, a first trigger input associated with a first merchandise transaction;

receiving, by the one or more servers from the consumer device via the network, a second trigger input associated with a second merchant transaction, wherein the first and second trigger inputs are associated with different merchandise products and the first and second trigger inputs are received within a predefined queue period;

receiving a request to complete electronic forms related to the first and second merchant transactions;

accessing a programmatic agent that configures the one or more servers to programmatically map at least some of the profile components to data entries fields in the electronic forms;

determining, by the one or more servers, a programmatic map between one or more of the profile components and one or more particular fields in each electronic form; and

transmitting, by the one or more servers, the profile components to first merchant location associated the first merchant transaction in a manner that causes an electronic form related to the first merchant transaction to be complete programmatically.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining, by the one or more servers, transactional content based on a plurality of merchants, transmitting by the one or more servers to the consumer device via the network, the transactional content.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising receiving, by the one or more servers, in response to transmitting the transactional content, the first and second trigger inputs.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first trigger input comprises a first merchant identifier and a first product identifier and the second trigger input comprises a second merchant identifier and a second product identifier.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the first trigger input comprises a first merchant identifier and a first product identifier and the second trigger input comprises a second merchant identifier and a second product identifier.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the programmatic map includes virtual user-selections.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined queue period commences from when the one or more servers receives the first trigger input.

8. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and computer program instructions stored therein, the computer program instructions comprising program instructions for:

receiving, by one or more servers from a consumer device via a network, user profile information comprised of profile components;

receiving, by the one more servers from the consumer device via the network, a first trigger input associated with a first merchandise transaction;

receiving, by the one or more servers from the consumer device via the network, a second trigger input associated with a second merchant transaction, wherein the first and second trigger inputs are associated with different merchandise products and the first and second trigger inputs are received within a predefined queue period;

receiving a request to complete electronic forms related to the first and second merchant transactions;

accessing a programmatic agent that configures the one or more servers to programmatically map at least some of the profile components to data entries fields in the electronic forms;

determining, by the one or more servers, a programmatic map between one or more of the profile components and one or more particular fields in each electronic form; and

transmitting, by the one or more servers, the profile components to first merchant location associated the first merchant transaction in a manner that causes an electronic form related to the first merchant transaction be complete programmatically.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the program instructions further comprise determining, by the one or more servers, transactional content based on a plurality of merchants, transmitting by the one or more servers to the consumer device via the network, the transactional content.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the program instructions further comprise receiving, by the one or more servers, in response to transmitting the transactional content, the first and second trigger input.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the first trigger input comprises a first merchant identifier and a first product identifier and the second trigger input comprises a second merchant identifier and a second product identifier.

12. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the first trigger input comprises a first merchant identifier and a first product identifier and the second trigger input comprises a second merchant identifier and a second product identifier.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the programmatic map includes virtual user-selections.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the predefined queue period commences from when the one or more servers receives the first trigger input.

15. A system comprising:

a consumer device connected via a network to one or more servers;

the one or more servers comprise instructions stored within non-volatile server memory that when executed by a server processor causes the one or more servers to;

receive, from the consumer device, user profile information comprised of profile components;

receive, from the consumer device, a first trigger input associated with a first merchandise transaction;

receive, from the consumer device, a second trigger input associated with a second merchant transaction, wherein the first and second trigger inputs are associated with different merchandise products and the first and second trigger inputs are received within a predefined queue period;

receive a request to complete electronic forms related to the first and second merchant transactions;

access a programmatic agent that configures the server processor to programmatically map at least some of the profile components to data entries fields in the electronic forms;

determine a programmatic map between one or more of the profile components and one or more particular fields in each electronic form; and

transmit the profile components to first merchant location associated the first merchant transaction in a manner that causes an electronic form related to the first merchant transaction to be complete programmatically.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the instructions when executed by the server processor further cause the one or more servers to determine transactional content based on a plurality of merchants, and transmit, to the consumer device, the transactional content.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the instructions when executed by the server processor further cause the one or more servers to in response to transmitting the transactional content, receive, from the consumer device, the first and second trigger inputs.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the first trigger input comprises a first merchant identifier and a first product identifier and the second trigger input comprises a second merchant identifier and a second product identifier.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the first trigger input comprises a first merchant identifier and a first product identifier and the second trigger input comprises a second merchant identifier and a second product identifier.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the programmatic map includes virtual user-selections.

21. The method of claim 15, wherein the predefined queue period commences from when the one or more servers receives the first trigger input.