Methods and systems of assisting users in purchasing items
First Claim
1. A method of using a customer order history to infer a recurring event associated with gift giving to a gift recipient, the method comprising:
- in a first year, receiving over a network a customer order for a first gift for the recipient;
in a second year, receiving over a network a customer order for a second gift for the recipient;
using a computer to infer a periodic gift-giving event based at least in part on a timing of the first order and a timing of the second order; and
using a computer to provide a gift-giving reminder to the customer in a third year at a date selected based at least in part on the timing of the first order and timing of the second order.
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Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention is a system and method of determining the age of an item recipient, such as a gift recipient. The age range for the gift recipient is estimated based at least in part on a customer order history of gifts purchased by the customer for the gift recipient. At a first date, a customer order for a first gift for the recipient is received, where the first gift is associated with a first age appropriateness designation. At a second date, a customer order for a second gift for the recipient is received, where the second gift is associated with a second age appropriateness designation. An age range associated with the recipient is then estimated based upon at least the first age appropriateness designation and the second age appropriateness designation.
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40 Claims
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1. A method of using a customer order history to infer a recurring event associated with gift giving to a gift recipient, the method comprising:
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in a first year, receiving over a network a customer order for a first gift for the recipient;
in a second year, receiving over a network a customer order for a second gift for the recipient;
using a computer to infer a periodic gift-giving event based at least in part on a timing of the first order and a timing of the second order; and
using a computer to provide a gift-giving reminder to the customer in a third year at a date selected based at least in part on the timing of the first order and timing of the second order. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of using a customer order history to electronically infer an event associated with gift giving to a recipient, the method comprising:
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at a first date, receiving over a network a first customer order for a first gift for the recipient;
at a second date, receiving over the network a second customer order for a second gift for the recipient;
using a computer to infer that a periodic gift-giving event occurs within a first period of time based at least in part on a time interval between the first date and the second date; and
using a computer to provide a gift-giving reminder to the customer at a third date selected based at least in part on the first date and the second date. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. Computer readable memory comprising:
program code configured to;
receive a first customer order for a first gift for a gift recipient;
receive a second customer order for a second gift for the gift recipient; and
infer that a periodic gift-giving event occurs within a first period of time, based at least in part on a time interval between the first order and the second order. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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