Remote shopping system with integrated product specific advertising

• US 20070203807A1
• Filed: 04/26/2007
• Published: 08/30/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lawrence Deangelis
• Original Assignee: Lawrence Deangelis
• Inventors: DeAngelis, Lawrence
• Application Number:
  US11/796,086
• Publication Number:
  US 20070203807A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27
• 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 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

Internet advertising has always been a hit and miss proposition. The targeted product specific advertising program disclosed is different because it searches the shopper'"'"'s list for specific products that a shopper is planning to buy. For example, suppose a merchant wants to target shoppers that have a particular brand or brands of bathroom tissue in their shopping list. The merchant could have the system display an ad to the shopper offering the shopper the brand of bathroom tissue that the shopper has in their list or a house brand for a very low price or even free with an order. If the shopper clicks through on the ad, the shopper will enter the merchant'"'"'s site through a special URL specified by the merchant along with the active shopping list in an attached data packet.

Claims

1. A method for electronically providing product and/or service specific advertising to a prospective purchaser comprising the steps of:

electronically receiving an active list of selected products and services by a shopper assistance portal from a terminal device; and

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electronically transmitting to the terminal device a first advertisement from a merchant associated with the shopper assistance portal responsive to at least a first product or service from the active list of selected products and services.

2. The shopper assistance portal of claim 1 can be any one of a plurality of shopping service portals that streamline and personalize the e-commerce shopping experience.

3. The active list of claim 1 is what is generally referred to as a virtual shopping cart or a virtual shopping list.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

electronically transmitting to the terminal device a second advertisement from a merchant associated with the shopper assistance portal responsive to a second product or service from the active list of selected products and services.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

electronically receiving a list of products and services identified by digital barcode numbers consisting of one or more products or services for each corresponding advertisement to be displayed on the prospective purchaser'"'"'s terminal device, from the merchant by the shopper assistance portal;

electronically receiving corresponding advertisements for the products or services in the list of products and services, from the merchant by the shopper assistance portal;

electronically receiving corresponding URL addresses of the corresponding advertisements to redirect and link a prospective purchasers, from the merchant by the shopper assistance portal;

electronically receiving the geographical area of the prospective purchaser of the terminal device to be included in the advertising campaign, from the merchant by the shopper assistance portal, and

electronically receiving the minimum number of products and services in the active list that the merchant offers for sale to qualify the prospective purchaser of the terminal device to receive advertisements, from the merchant by the shopper assistance portal.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the steps of electronically transmitting to the terminal device a first advertisement from a merchant by the shopper assistance portal responsive to at least a first product or service from the active list of selected products and services comprises transmitting the first advertisement from a merchant that services the location selected by the prospective purchaser using the terminal device;

where the merchant specifies the URL address for each corresponding advertisement to redirect and link the prospective purchaser using of the terminal device to if the prospective purchaser clicks through an advertisement;

when the prospective purchaser using the terminal device clicks through an advertisement, the prospective purchaser will be redirected and linked to the corresponding URL address along with the active shopping list in an attached data packet.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

searching the active list by the shopper assistance portal for products and services that match criteria set forth by a first merchant that services the location selected by the prospective purchaser using the terminal device.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising the step of:

selecting an advertisement from the first merchant for transmission to the terminal device;

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

searching the active list by the shopper assistance portal for products and services that match criteria set forth by a second merchant that services a location of the prospective purchaser using the terminal device.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of:

selecting an advertisement from the second merchant for transmission to the terminal device.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

receiving a transmission from the terminal device disabling the shopper assistance portal from performing the step of electronically transmitting to the terminal device at least a first advertisement from a merchant by the shopper assistance portal responsive to at least a first product or service from the active list of selected products and services.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

providing a link to a website maintained by the first merchant through the first advertisement.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

providing a link to a website maintained by the second merchant through the second advertisement.

14. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

electronically receiving an order for a product or service identified in the first advertisement from the terminal device, by the first merchant.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising the step of:

electronically receiving an order for additional products and/or services identified in the active list of claim 1, by the first merchant.

16. The method of claim 14 further comprising the step of:

electronically receiving an order for additional products and/or services not identified in the active list of claim 1, by the first merchant.

17. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

electronically receiving an order for product or service identified in the second advertisement from the terminal device, by the second merchant.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising the step of:

electronically receiving an order for additional products and/or services identified in the active list of claim 1, by the second merchant.

19. The method of claim 17 further comprising the step of:

electronically receiving an order for additional products and/or services not identified in the active list of claim 1, by the second merchant.

20. There is no limit to the number of merchants that may be associated with the shopper assistance portal of claim 1, that are participating in the targeted produce specific advertising program.