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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONLINE SHOPPING OPTIMIZATION

  • US 20120072303A1
  • Filed: 09/12/2011
  • Published: 03/22/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for optimizing online shopping decisions on buying a plurality of items from a plurality of online vendors each having a respective product catalog database, wherein the respective product catalog database includes product specification information and price information for each item contained therein, to obtain a satisfactory value of an objective function reflecting said shopping decisions subject to a plurality of constraints, said method comprising the following steps:

  • identifying, using a computing device, a list of items that corresponds to the plurality of items;

    searching, using said computing device, the product catalog databases of the plurality of online vendors for said list of items;

    constructing, in said computing device, a mathematical programming modeling method for modeling an online shopping decision optimizing problem for purchasing the list of items, wherein said mathematical programming modeling method comprises a plurality of linear functions corresponding to the plurality of constraints that define said online shopping decision optimizing problem; and

    solving said online shopping decision optimization problem using a mixed integer programming solution engine.

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