SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR SOCIAL SHOPPING ON-LINE

• US 20080270248A1
• Filed: 04/25/2007
• Published: 10/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Brill, Eric D.
• Application Number:
  US11/739,745
• Publication Number:
  US 20080270248A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers

Abstract

The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method that constructs a real time interactive online social shopping network. The disclosed system can include a component that receives and transmits data from a client device and a merchant device, wherein the component employs the received and transmitted data to persist and associate information related to a user of the client device for display on the merchant device and utilizes the received and transmitted data to persist and associate information related to a retailer utilizing the merchant device for display on the client device.

Claims

1. A machine implemented system that constructs a real time interactive online social shopping network, comprising:

a portal component that receives and transmits data from a client component and a merchant component, the portal component employs the received and transmitted data to persist and associate information related to a user of the client component for display on the merchant device and utilizes the received and transmitted data to persist and associate information related to a retailer utilizing the merchant device for display on the client device.

2. The system of claim 1, the portal component utilizes one of cryptographic analysis, biometric indicators, or access control lists to control access to the real time interactive online social shopping network.

3. The system of claim 1, the portal component employs a geographical location marker to match the user of the client component with the retailer utilizing the merchant device.

4. The system of claim 3, the geographical marker relates to one of a country, county, state, province, city, town, zip code, or postal code.

5. The system of claim 1, further includes a rating component that generates and associates a rating to the user of the client component.

6. The system of claim 5, the rating component generates and associates a rating to the retailer associated with the merchant component.

7. The system of claim 5, the rating component employs persisted information associated with the user of the client component to generate data related to a number of transactions that have taken place between the user and the retailer.

8. The system of claim 5, the rating component utilizes persisted information or information gathered in real-time from the user of the client component to restrict access to the merchant component by the user of the client component.

9. The system of claim 1, the portal component periodically and automatically searches one or more disparate network topology to locate and aggregate other portal components to form a global real time interactive online social shopping network.

10. The system of claim 9, the portal component fractionates the global real time interactive online social shopping network based at least in part on geographical location.

11. The system of claim 9, the portal component groups merchants included in the global real time interactive online social shopping network based at least in part on a common product.

12. The system of claim 1, the merchant component includes a video capture facility or a video display.

13. The system of claim 1, the merchant component, the client component, or the portal component situated in one or more diverse geographical locations.

14. The system of claim 1, the merchant component or the client component is a cell phone, a Smart phone, or a handheld portable device.

15. The system of claim 1, the retailer associated with the merchant device utilize a dynamic video capture facility associated with the merchant device to broadcast a real-time product demonstration to the client component for immediate viewing by the user of the client component.

16. The system of claim 1, the retailer utilizes the merchant device and the user employs the client device to establish and communicate through a real time text communication.

17. A machine implemented method for establishing a realtime interactive online social shopping network, comprising:

receiving and transmitting data from a first component to a second component;

employing received and transmitted data to persist and associate information related to a user of the first component for display on the second component; and

utilizing the received and transmitted data to persist and associate information related to a retailer utilizing the second component for display on the first component.

18. The method of claim 17, further includes restricting access to the retailer by the user based at least in part on information related to the user of the first component.

19. The method of claim 17, further includes displaying on the first component streaming video generated by the second component of the retailer performing a product demonstration.

20. A system that constructs a real time interactive online social shopping network, comprising

means for receiving and transmitting data from a first component to a second component;

means for persisting and associating information related to a user of the first component;

mean for displaying information related to a user on the second component; and

means for displaying streaming video generated by a retailer utilizing the second component.