UNIVERSAL SHOPPING CART AND ORDER INJECTION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method of providing a web page comprising a consistent user interface to allow a consumer to order products from a plurality of merchants via a network, comprising:
- providing a search component for searching a local database for information relating to a product prior to searching a plurality of webpages for said information;
providing a window for said consumer to browse said information from said plurality of merchants;
providing a universal shopping cart link for retrieving a universal shopping cart;
providing product selection links for selecting and adding selected products to said universal shopping cart;
providing a universal shopping cart check out link for checking out said universal shopping cart without directing said consumer to a selected site of said merchant;
searching a local database for information relating to a product;
determining whether said information is at least one of;
outdated and missing;
determining whether said information is from an affiliated merchant or unaffiliated merchant when said information is said at least one of;
outdated and missing;
receiving additional information from said affiliated merchant when said information is from an affiliated merchant;
screen scraping additional information from said unaffiliated merchant when said information is from an unaffiliated merchant;
displaying said information within said web page comprising a consistent user interface;
receiving a product selection command from a consumer indicative of selecting a product;
adding said selected product to said universal shopping cart;
determining whether said selected product in said universal shopping cart is from an affiliated webpage;
transmitting raw data in a data file for an order for said selected product in said universal shopping cart directly to a processor associated with said affiliated webpage when said selected product is from said affiliated webpage; and
, injecting said order at an unaffiliated webpage when said unaffiliated webpage is associated with said selected product in said universal shopping cart, wherein said order is injected to said unaffiliated webpage according to pattern matching.
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Abstract
A universal shopping cart is provided that obtains and orders products and services from different merchants located on the Internet. The consumer completes all of their shopping on the shopping site and is not directed to another merchant'"'"'s site to complete an order. The universal shopping cart provides a monitoring service that allows the consumer to monitor a product for specified criteria. The order injection system places orders for products contained within the universal shopping cart from affiliated and non-affiliated merchants. Specific ordering details required from merchants external to the shopping site are hidden from the consumer. For external merchant sites that require a consumer account before allowing the product to be purchased, the shopping site creates a new consumer account without intervention from the consumer. Once the products are ordered, the consumer may keep track of the ordered products from the shopping site.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing a web page comprising a consistent user interface to allow a consumer to order products from a plurality of merchants via a network, comprising:
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providing a search component for searching a local database for information relating to a product prior to searching a plurality of webpages for said information;
providing a window for said consumer to browse said information from said plurality of merchants;
providing a universal shopping cart link for retrieving a universal shopping cart;
providing product selection links for selecting and adding selected products to said universal shopping cart;
providing a universal shopping cart check out link for checking out said universal shopping cart without directing said consumer to a selected site of said merchant;
searching a local database for information relating to a product;
determining whether said information is at least one of;
outdated and missing;
determining whether said information is from an affiliated merchant or unaffiliated merchant when said information is said at least one of;
outdated and missing;
receiving additional information from said affiliated merchant when said information is from an affiliated merchant;
screen scraping additional information from said unaffiliated merchant when said information is from an unaffiliated merchant;
displaying said information within said web page comprising a consistent user interface;
receiving a product selection command from a consumer indicative of selecting a product;
adding said selected product to said universal shopping cart;
determining whether said selected product in said universal shopping cart is from an affiliated webpage;
transmitting raw data in a data file for an order for said selected product in said universal shopping cart directly to a processor associated with said affiliated webpage when said selected product is from said affiliated webpage; and
,injecting said order at an unaffiliated webpage when said unaffiliated webpage is associated with said selected product in said universal shopping cart, wherein said order is injected to said unaffiliated webpage according to pattern matching. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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