System and method for collecting, cataloging, and sharing product information
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1. A method to provide product information to a user of an Internet device, comprising:
- establishing a predetermined Internet community comprising said user and a plurality of other users;
providing one or more servers for said predetermined Internet community, said one or more servers being accessible by said user via said Internet device and by said other users via other Internet devices;
capturing predetermined product information for items from web locations that said user Internet device and said other users other Internet devices access;
operating said one or more servers to automatically catalog said captured predetermined product information to provide cataloged predetermined product information;
storing said cataloged predetermined product information in a database; and
automatically selectively providing said cataloged predetermined product information to said user when said user visits a web location where one or more of said other users have had predetermined product information captured.
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Abstract
In accordance with the principles of the invention a network based social cataloging service is provided that automatically catalogs product information for products that a user views while “window shopping” on the network for retrieval at a later time. Further in accordance with the principles of the invention, a network-based community is provided where a user'"'"'s cataloged information saved while window-shopping, is shared with other members of the community.
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1. A method to provide product information to a user of an Internet device, comprising:
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establishing a predetermined Internet community comprising said user and a plurality of other users; providing one or more servers for said predetermined Internet community, said one or more servers being accessible by said user via said Internet device and by said other users via other Internet devices; capturing predetermined product information for items from web locations that said user Internet device and said other users other Internet devices access; operating said one or more servers to automatically catalog said captured predetermined product information to provide cataloged predetermined product information; storing said cataloged predetermined product information in a database; and automatically selectively providing said cataloged predetermined product information to said user when said user visits a web location where one or more of said other users have had predetermined product information captured. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system to provide product information via the Internet to users of Internet devices, comprising:
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one or more servers accessible via said Internet, said one or more servers being accessible by said users via said Internet devices; an application operable on each of said Internet devices to capture predetermined product information for items from web locations that each of said users of said Internet devices access, said application operable on each of said Internet devices to upload said captured predetermined product information to said one or more servers; a database coupleable to said one or more servers; said one or more servers being further operated to receive said uploaded captured predetermined product information and to automatically save and catalog said captured predetermined product information in said database to provide cataloged predetermined product information; and each said application and said one or more servers cooperatively operating to selectively access from said database and to selectively download to one of said Internet devices selected said cataloged predetermined product information to said one Internet device when said one Internet device accesses corresponding product information from a web location. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method to provide product information to a user of an Internet device, comprising:
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establishing a predetermined Internet community comprising said user and a plurality of other users; providing one or more servers for said predetermined Internet community, said one or more servers being accessible by said user via said Internet device and by said other users via other Internet devices; capturing predetermined product information for items from web locations that said user Internet device and said other users other Internet devices access; operating said one or more servers to automatically catalog said captured predetermined product information to provide cataloged predetermined product information; storing said cataloged predetermined product information in a database; and automatically selectively providing said cataloged predetermined product information to said user when said user visits a web location where one or more of said other users have had predetermined product information captured; and identifying instances of price discrimination.
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