SYSTEM AND METHOD TO GENERATE A SHOPPING CART LIST

• US 20090064009A1
• Filed: 08/31/2007
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Novell, Susan, Krantz, David, Culver, Lee, Marcucci, Justin
• Granted Patent: US 8,826,157 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0629 for generating comparisons
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers

Abstract

A system to generate a shopping cart list is provided. The system includes a three-dimensional graphical display module to generate an interactive graphical display at a display device. The interactive graphical display includes a plurality of independent display elements associated with a representation of a three-dimensional object. The system also includes a shopping cart module to generate a shopping cart list including purchasable items selected from a plurality of independent storefront sites and to display the shopping cart list at the display device.

Claims

1. A system to generate a shopping cart list, the system comprising:

a three-dimensional graphical display module to generate an interactive graphical display at a display device, wherein the interactive graphical display includes a plurality of independent display elements associated with a representation of a three-dimensional object; and

a shopping cart module to generate a shopping cart list including purchasable items selected from a plurality of independent storefront sites and to display the shopping cart list at the display device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the display of the shopping cart list includes a purchase now indication associated with at least one of the plurality of independent storefront sites.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the representation of a three-dimensional object represents a plurality of physical storefronts.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the interactive graphical display includes information associated with a plurality of independent storefront sites simultaneously, and wherein the shopping cart module generated the shopping cart list based on information received from two or more of the independent storefront sites.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the interactive graphical display is adapted to select at least one of the plurality of independent display elements for interaction with the selected at least one independent display element.

6. A system to generate a shopping cart list, the system comprising:

a three-dimensional graphical display module to generate an interactive graphical display at a display device, wherein the interactive graphical display includes a plurality of independent display elements associated with a representation of a three-dimensional object;

an input to receive data indicating selection of a purchasable item depicted at one of the plurality of independent display elements; and

a shopping cart module to send a purchase request to a storefront site based on the received data.

7. The system of claim 6, further comprising a search module to identify the selected purchasable item based on the received data.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the search module is further adapted to identify purchase information associated with the selected purchasable item.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the shopping cart module includes logic to query a plurality of independent storefront sites to identify at least one storefront site selling the selected purchasable item.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the shopping cart module selects the storefront site to which the purchase request is sent based on one or more user settings.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more user settings include a lowest price setting.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more user settings include an availability setting.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more user settings include a total cost of order setting.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more user settings includes a shipping time setting.

15. The system of claim 6, wherein the shopping cart module sends an information request to a plurality of storefront sites and selects the storefront site based on information related to the information request.

16. The system of claim 6, further comprising a wide area network interface to communicate with the storefront site via an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) system.

17. The system of claim 6, wherein the storefront site is not associated with any of the plurality of the independent display elements.

18. A method of generating a shopping cart list, the method comprising:

generating a three-dimensional graphical display including a plurality of independent display elements associated with a representation of a three-dimensional object;

receiving data indicating selection of a purchasable item depicted at a first display element of the plurality of independent display elements;

selecting a storefront site; and

placing an order for the purchasable item at the storefront site.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the first display element comprises a first window of a browser application and wherein the browser application selects the storefront site.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the browser application sends the order to the selected storefront site automatically after selecting the storefront site.

21. The method of claim 18, further comprising generating a shopping cart display element, wherein the shopping cart display element is independent of the representation of the three-dimensional object.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein selecting the storefront site comprises:

accessing order information from a plurality of independent storefront sites; and

selecting, based on the order information, a storefront site with purchase terms that satisfy a threshold.

23. The method of claim 18, further comprising searching the first display element to identify descriptive information related to the purchasable item.

24. A processor-readable medium having instructions to cause a processor to execute a method comprising:

generating a three-dimensional graphical display including a plurality of independent display elements associated with a representation of a three-dimensional object;

receiving input associated with a first display element of the plurality of independent display elements;

storing data associated with the received input at a shopping cart list; and

generating a purchase request based on the shopping cart list.

25. The processor-readable medium of claim 24, wherein the method further comprises selecting a storefront site and sending the purchase request to the storefront site.