Method and apparatus for facilitating online purchase of regulated products over a data network
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating online purchase of regulated products over a data network, said method comprising:
- (a) providing an online store for products, at least a portion of the products being regulated products;
(b) enabling a customer to interact with the online store to create an online order for a plurality of the products;
(c) requesting the customer to set a delivery time for the online order;
(d) receiving a requested delivery time for the online order from the customer;
(e) determining whether the online order includes at least one regulated product;
(f) determining, when said determining (e) determines that the online order includes at least one regulated product, whether the requested delivery time is permitted based on at least one regulation associated with the at least one regulated product; and
(g) denying the requested delivery time when said determining (f) determines that the at least one regulated product is not permitted to be delivered at the requested delivery time.
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Abstract
A technique is disclosed for implementing electronic commerce transactions via a data network. A regulated item selected by a customer is identified. The regulated item may correspond to an item which satisfies predetermined criteria, indicating that the regulated item is prohibited from being purchased by the customer. Action is then taken to prohibit the purchase of the selected item, via the data network, by the customer. According to one embodiment, the action taken to prohibit the purchase of the regulated item is automatically implemented at a server system configured to implement electronic commerce transactions between an on-line merchant and the customer. According to a specific implementation, the predetermined criteria correspond to regulations which restrict sales of the regulated items to persons in a particular jurisdiction based upon certain criteria such as, for example, time of day, day of week, age of the customer, type of product being sold, etc.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating online purchase of regulated products over a data network, said method comprising:
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(a) providing an online store for products, at least a portion of the products being regulated products;
(b) enabling a customer to interact with the online store to create an online order for a plurality of the products;
(c) requesting the customer to set a delivery time for the online order;
(d) receiving a requested delivery time for the online order from the customer;
(e) determining whether the online order includes at least one regulated product;
(f) determining, when said determining (e) determines that the online order includes at least one regulated product, whether the requested delivery time is permitted based on at least one regulation associated with the at least one regulated product; and
(g) denying the requested delivery time when said determining (f) determines that the at least one regulated product is not permitted to be delivered at the requested delivery time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer-implemented method for facilitating online purchase of regulated products over a data network, said method comprising:
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(a) providing an online store for products, at least a portion of the products being regulated products;
(b) enabling a customer to interact with the online store to create an online order for a plurality of the products;
(c) requesting the customer to set a delivery time for the online order;
(d) receiving a requested delivery time for the online order from the customer;
(e) determining whether the online order includes at least one regulated product; and
(f) determining, when said determining (e) determines that the online order includes at least one regulated product, whether delivery of the online order at the requested delivery time is subject to at least one restriction based on at least one regulation associated with the at least one regulated product. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer readable medium including at least computer program code for facilitating online purchase of regulated products over a data network, said computer readable medium comprising:
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computer program code for providing an online store for products, at least a portion of the products being regulated products;
computer program code for enabling a customer to interact with the online store to create an online order for a plurality of the products;
computer program code for requesting the customer to set a delivery time for the online order;
computer program code for receiving a requested delivery time for the online order from the customer;
computer program code for determining whether the online order includes at least one regulated product; and
computer program code for determining, when it is determined that the online order includes at least one regulated product, whether delivery of the online order at the requested delivery time is subject to at least one restriction based on at least one regulation associated with the at least one regulated product. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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