OPTIMIZING PACKAGE DELIVERY USING SOCIAL NETWORKS
First Claim
1. A package delivery optimization method comprising:
- receiving an order to purchase a product by a purchaser in an e-commerce computing application executing in memory of a host server from over a computer communications network;
retrieving a list of social networking contacts for the purchaser;
determining whether or not a contact amongst the social networking contacts also has ordered a product from the e-commerce computing application; and
,rendering a prompt in the e-commerce computing application to the purchaser to consolidate shipment of the product ordered by the purchaser with a product ordered by the contact in response to determining that the contact also has ordered a product from the e-commerce computing application not yet shipped to the contact.
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Abstract
In an embodiment of the invention, a method for optimizing package delivery using social networks is provided. The method includes receiving an order to purchase a product by a purchaser in an e-commerce computing application executing in memory of a host server from over a computer communications network, retrieving a list of social networking contacts for the purchaser, determining whether or not a contact amongst the social networking contacts has ordered a product from the e-commerce computing application, and rendering a prompt in the e-commerce computing application to the purchaser to consolidate shipment of the product ordered by the purchaser with a product ordered by the contact in response to determining that the contact has also ordered a product from the e-commerce computing application not yet shipped to the contact.
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15 Claims
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1. A package delivery optimization method comprising:
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receiving an order to purchase a product by a purchaser in an e-commerce computing application executing in memory of a host server from over a computer communications network; retrieving a list of social networking contacts for the purchaser; determining whether or not a contact amongst the social networking contacts also has ordered a product from the e-commerce computing application; and
,rendering a prompt in the e-commerce computing application to the purchaser to consolidate shipment of the product ordered by the purchaser with a product ordered by the contact in response to determining that the contact also has ordered a product from the e-commerce computing application not yet shipped to the contact. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer program product for package delivery optimization the computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising; computer readable program code for receiving an order to purchase a product by a purchaser in an e-commerce computing application; computer readable program code for retrieving a list of social networking contacts for the purchaser; computer readable program code for determining whether or not a contact amongst the social networking contacts also has ordered a product from the e-commerce computing application; and
,computer readable program code for rendering a prompt in the e-commerce computing application to the purchaser to consolidate shipment of the product ordered by the purchaser with a product ordered by the contact in response to determining that the contact also has ordered a product from the e-commerce computing application not yet shipped to the contact. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An e-commerce data processing system configured for optimizing package delivery using social networks comprising:
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a host server with at least one processor and memory; an e-commerce computing application executing on the host server; a package delivery optimization module coupled to the e-commerce computing application, the module comprising program code enable to receive an order to purchase a product by a purchaser, to retrieve a list of social networking contacts for the purchaser, to determine whether or not a contact amongst the social networking contacts has also ordered a product from the e-commerce computing application, and to prompt the purchaser to consolidate shipment of the product ordered by the purchaser with a product ordered by the contact. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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