Drag-and-drop WEB site navigation system
First Claim
1. A drag-and-drop WEB site navigation system that enables a customer to shop for products from at least one vendor, where said customer, using a terminal device, communicates with an order fulfillment center via a communication network, said drag-and-drop WEB site navigation system comprising:
- means for storing data in a memory that are indicative of at least one vendor and their products;
means for transmitting, to said terminal device for display thereon in graphical form, at least a portion of said data stored in said memory and indicative of at least one vendor and their products; and
means for enabling said customer, using said terminal device, to manipulate said data displayed in graphical form to generate a customer order to purchase at least one of said products from at least one of said at least one vendor.
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Abstract
The drag-and-drop WEB site navigation system implements a drag-and-drop paradigm that allows customers to easily select WEB merchants from a plurality of WEB merchants, browse the merchant'"'"'s products, select product(s) for purchase, select a recipient from the customer'"'"'s personal address book to receive product and purchase the product. The customer can simply use the drag-and-drop mode of selection to perform each step of this process, to thereby minimize the use of the keyboard of the terminal device. In one embodiment of the system, the customer can access a centralized WEB site that has stored therein a profile of the customer'"'"'s interests and/or the recipient'"'"'s interests to thereby enable the customer to select WEB merchants from a list of customer/recipient preferences. The centralized WEB site can also maintain an address book for the customer, listing potential recipients for the purchases, as well as customer information to thereby eliminate the need to repetitively input information as the customer traverses a number of merchant'"'"'s WEB sites and purchases products for multiple recipients.
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38 Claims
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1. A drag-and-drop WEB site navigation system that enables a customer to shop for products from at least one vendor, where said customer, using a terminal device, communicates with an order fulfillment center via a communication network, said drag-and-drop WEB site navigation system comprising:
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means for storing data in a memory that are indicative of at least one vendor and their products;
means for transmitting, to said terminal device for display thereon in graphical form, at least a portion of said data stored in said memory and indicative of at least one vendor and their products; and
means for enabling said customer, using said terminal device, to manipulate said data displayed in graphical form to generate a customer order to purchase at least one of said products from at least one of said at least one vendor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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14. A method of operating a drag-and-drop WEB site navigation system that enables a customer to shop for products from at least one vendor, where said customer, using a terminal device, communicates with an order fulfillment center via a communication network, said drag-and-drop WEB site navigation system comprising the steps of:
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storing data in a memory that are indicative of at least one vendor and their products;
transmitting, to said terminal device for display thereon in graphical form, at least a portion of said data stored in said memory and indicative of at least one vendor and their products; and
enabling said customer, using said terminal device, to manipulate said data displayed in graphical form to generate a customer order to purchase at least one of said products from at least one of said at least one vendor.
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27. A drag-and-drop WEB site navigation system that enables a customer to shop for products from at least one vendor, where said customer, using a terminal device, communicates with an order fulfillment center via a communication network, said drag-and-drop WEB site navigation system comprising:
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database memory means for storing data in a memory that are indicative of at least one vendor and their products;
shopping page means for transmitting, to said terminal device for display thereon in graphical form, at least a portion of said data stored in said memory and indicative of at least one vendor and their products; and
drag and drop means for enabling said customer, using said terminal device, to manipulate said data displayed in graphical form to generate a customer order to purchase at least one of said products from at least one of said at least one vendor.
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38. The drag-and-drop WEB site navigation system of clam 27 further comprising:
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means, responsive to said customer communicating with said order fulfillment center via said communication network, for providing said customer terminal device with a login data entry screen; and
means, responsive to login data transmitted from said customer terminal device, for confirming that said received data matches customer authentication data stored in said memory.
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