SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION TO CONSUMERS

• US 20130173370A1
• Filed: 12/30/2011
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Schory, Guy, Veres, Robert Dean, Stringfellow, Westley Martin, Yarbrough, Joel, Sakamoto, Ares
• Application Number:
  US13/341,335
• Publication Number:
  US 20130173370A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.19
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A method and a system to provide information to consumers are provided. A code identification module may receive one or more scanned machine-readable codes. The code identification may further identify respective descriptions of the items corresponding to the one or more scanned machine-readable codes. An incentive generation module may provide to a user an incentive interface depicting a first description of a first set of incentives available with the purchase of a first item corresponding to a first scanned machine-readable code and second description of a second set of incentives available with the purchase of a second item corresponding to a second scanned machine-readable code.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a code identification module to receive one or more scanned machine-readable codes and to identify respective descriptions of the items corresponding to the one or more scanned machine-readable codes; and

an incentive generation module to provide to a user an incentive interface depicting a first description of a first set of incentives available with a purchase of a first item corresponding to a first scanned machine-readable code of the one or more scanned machine-readable codes and second description of a second set of incentives available with the purchase of a second item corresponding to a second scanned machine-readable code of the one or more scanned machine-readable codes.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the code-identification module is further to receive a selection of the first machine-readable code for inclusion in the incentive interface, the first machine-readable code being previously stored by the code identification module.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising a comparison module to provide a comparison interface to a client machine, the comparison interface comprising a table generated based on attribute-value pairs corresponding to the first item and the second item.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising an advertisement module to identify an advertisement opportunity, the advertisement opportunity comprising an area of the incentive interface and based on at least the first machine-readable code being scanned, select an advertisement from a plurality of available advertisements.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the advertisement module is further to select the advertisement based on a purchase history of the user.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the advertisement module is further to select the advertisement based on profile information about the user.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a user profile module configured to record user profile information and purchase history of the user.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a social integration module to generate a reviews and ratings interface, the reviews and ratings interface comprising a display of one or more reviews of the first item from other users who are connected to the user via a social network.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the ratings and reviews interface includes a display of one or more publicly available reviews.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the social integration module is further to provide an incentive to the user that was stored by one of the other users.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the first set of incentives comprises at least one incentive that is not included in the second set of incentives.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the first set of incentives includes at least one of a price discount, a quantity discount, a discount based on the purchase of a third item, or a loyalty reward.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the first set of incentives includes an incentive received by the user from another user.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the first set of incentives includes an incentive available to the user based on the second scanned machine-readable code.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the first set of incentives is generated based on a purchase history of the user.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the first set of incentives is generated based on profile information about the user.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the incentive interface includes an indication of an original price and a discounted price of the first item.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the first set of incentives includes an incentive generated based on information associated with other users who are connected to the user via a social network.

19. A method comprising:

receiving one or more scanned machine-readable codes and to identify respective descriptions of the items corresponding to the one or more scanned machine-readable codes; and

providing to a user an incentive interface depicting a first description of a first set of incentives available with a purchase of a first item corresponding to a first scanned machine-readable code of the one or more scanned machine-readable codes and second description of a second set of incentives available with the purchase of a second item corresponding to a second scanned machine-readable code of the one or more scanned machine-readable codes.

20. A non-transitory machine-readable having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions executable by one or more machines to perform operations comprising:

receiving one or more scanned machine-readable codes and to identify respective descriptions of the items corresponding to the one or more scanned machine-readable codes; and

providing to a user an incentive interface depicting a first description of a first set of incentives available with a purchase of a first item corresponding to a first scanned machine-readable code of the one or more scanned machine-readable codes and second description of a second set of incentives available with the purchase of a second item corresponding to a second scanned machine-readable code of the one or more scanned machine-readable codes.