Online cart and shopping list sharing

• US 10,586,269 B2
• Filed: 10/11/2018
• Issued: 03/10/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC (WalMart Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC (WalMart Inc.)
• Inventors: Kumar, Vivek, Purbia, Preetam, Rastogi, Vibhor, Deverachetty, Praveen, Pise, Dinesh Amarnath Rao, Gandotra, Lalit, Mohanty, Soumya Ranjan
• Primary Examiner(s): Fadok, Mark A
• Application Number:
  US16/157,711
• Publication Number:
  US 20190080386A1
• Time in Patent Office: 516 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing

Abstract

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media providing shared online shopping lists and/or carts among users are disclosed. The method includes receiving a primary virtual shopping cart containing related items generated by a first user. A database entry for the primary shopping cart is created and correlated with a shopping cart identifier in response to a user request. The database entry includes one or more keywords associated with the first user of the primary virtual shopping cart. A query is received from a second user, and a list of primary virtual shopping carts is provided to the second user based on relevancy to the query. In response to a request by the second user, the contents of a selected primary virtual shopping cart is duplicated in a secondary virtual shopping cart associated with the second user.

Claims

1. A method of creating database entries storing and accessing a subset of selected items, the method comprising:

receiving, by a server, a primary virtual shopping cart containing items;

creating, by the server, a first set of database entries in the database for the primary virtual shopping cart;

correlating, via the server, the primary virtual shopping cart with a unique identifier to uniquely identify the primary virtual shopping cart;

generating a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) link, the URL link associated with the primary virtual shopping cart, wherein the URL link has a specified expiration date;

receiving, by the server, a selection of the URL link;

verifying, by the server, the URL link associated with the primary virtual shopping cart is active based on the expiration date associated with the URL link;

in response to verifying the URL link, automatically duplicating the first set of database entries for the primary virtual shopping cart to create a second set of database entries in the database for a secondary virtual shopping cart.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, via the server, a request to transmit the URL link associated with the primary virtual shopping cart;

confirming, via the server, permissions associated with the primary virtual shopping cart for transmitting the URL link; and

in response to confirming, via the server, permissions associated with the primary virtual shopping cart for transmitting the URL link, transmitting the URL link, via a communications channel.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein after the expiration date the primary virtual shopping cart will no longer be available for duplication into the secondary virtual shopping cart.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more virtual shopping carts may be associated with one or more events, uses, or activities.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, via the server, the selection of the URL link in response to scanning or image capturing at least a portion of a purchase receipt.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the primary virtual shopping cart may be edited by a plurality of users prior to being copied into the secondary virtual shopping cart.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein an access permission associated with the primary virtual shopping cart will allow or deny accessibility to the primary virtual shopping cart.

8. A system of creating database entries storing and accessing a subset of selected items, the method comprising:

a database;

a computing device;

a display operatively coupled to the computing device;

a server, the server (i) receives a primary virtual shopping cart containing items; and

(ii) creates one or more database entries in the database for the primary shopping cart (iii) correlate the primary virtual shopping cart with a unique identifier to uniquely identify the primary virtual shopping cart, (iv) generates the URL link associated with the primary virtual shopping cart, wherein the URL link has a specified expiration date, (v) receives a selection of a URL link associated with the primary virtual shopping cart, (vi) verifies the URL link associated with the primary virtual shopping cart is active based on the expiration date associated with the URL link, (iv) in response to verifying the URL link, automatically duplicates the first set of database entries for the primary virtual shopping cart to create a second set of database entries in the database for a secondary virtual shopping cart.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the server is further configured to:

receive a request to transmit the URL link associated with the primary virtual shopping cart;

confirm permissions associated with the primary virtual shopping cart for transmitting the URL link; and

in response to confirming permissions associated with the primary virtual shopping cart for transmit the URL link, transmitting the URL link, via a communications channel.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein after the expiration date the primary virtual shopping cart will no longer be available for duplication into the secondary virtual shopping cart or appear in search results.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more virtual shopping carts may be associated with one or more events, uses, or activities.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the selection of the URL link is made by scanning or image capturing at least a portion of a purchase receipt.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the primary virtual shopping cart may be edited by a plurality of users prior to being copied into a secondary virtual shopping cart.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein an access permission associated with the primary virtual shopping cart will allow or deny accessibility to the primary virtual shopping cart.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for creating database entries storing and accessing a subset of selected items, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor causes the processor to:

receive, by a server, a primary virtual shopping cart containing items;

create, by the server, a first set of database entries in the database for the primary virtual shopping cart;

correlate, via the server, the primary virtual shopping cart with a unique identifier to uniquely identify the primary virtual shopping cart;

generate a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) link, the URL link associated with the primary virtual shopping cart, wherein the URL link has a specified expiration date;

receive, by the server, a selection of the URL link;

verify, by the server, the URL link associated with the primary virtual shopping cart is active based on the expiration date associated with the URL link;

in response to verifying the URL link, automatically duplicate the first set of database entries for the primary virtual shopping cart to create a second set of database entries in the database for a secondary virtual shopping cart.