SCRAPING RESISTANT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLACING ORDERS THROUGH AN INTERNET SHOPPING SERVICE

• US 20130282516A1
• Filed: 04/23/2012
• Published: 10/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GrubHub Inc.
• Original Assignee: John Saxton Kent, V
• Inventors: Zivin, Rhiannon Sterling, McCartney, Daniel John, Leiseca, Michael Gabriel, Bowersock, Ryan Robert, Kent, John Saxton V, Battle, Jacob Lyman, Evnin, Joshua
• Granted Patent: US 10,360,543 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70

Abstract

A third-party server exposes a first set of data from a content based website. Access to a second set of data requires that a token be assigned to a specific web browser and corresponding to a specific subset of protected data, the token containing no information that can be used to gain access to other protected data.

Claims

1. A system for enabling sharing of content between a content based website and a third-party website, the system comprising:

i) a third-party server;

ii) a local database coupled to the third-party server;

iii) an API server in communication with the third-party server;

iv) a content database coupled to the API server;

v) a web browser in communication with the third-party server;

wherein the API server is adapted to provide an information feed to the third-party server, the information feed including a first set of information stored in the content database, and wherein the third-party server is adapted to receive a request for additional information from the web browser, and in response to the request for additional information, the third-party server is further adapted to transmit a first message to the API server including an identifier corresponding to the requested additional information, and wherein the API server is adapted to transmit a second message to the third-party server including a token corresponding to the identifier, and wherein the third-party server is adapted to transmit the token to the web browser.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the token is a string of random alphanumeric characters.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the token is a random length.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the first message includes an API key.

5. A method operating on an API server for sharing content between a content based website and a third-party website comprising the steps of:

i) providing an information feed from the API server to the third-party server, the information feed including a first set of information stored in a content database accessible by the API server;

ii) the API server receiving a first message from the third-party server requesting additional information, the first message including an identifier specifying the requested additional information; and

iii) the API server sending a second message to the third-party server including a token corresponding to the identifier.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the token is a string of random alphanumeric characters.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein the token is a random length.

8. The method of claim 5 wherein the first message includes an API key and wherein the token corresponds uniquely to both the API key and the identifier.

9. A system for suggesting alternatives to a subject restaurant comprising:

i) a server;

ii) a database coupled to the server, the database containing information pertaining to a plurality of restaurants including the subject restaurant, and wherein the information contained in the database includes at least the location of at least some of the plurality of restaurants; and

iii) wherein the server is adapted to receive a request for suggestions of alternate restaurants to the subject restaurant and the server is further adapted to suggest at least one alternate restaurant based on the information contained in the database, wherein the at least one alternate restaurant is suggested based at least in part on a distance of the at least one alternate restaurant from the subject restaurant calculated by the server.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the information contained in the database includes at least the cuisine types of at least some of the plurality of restaurants, and wherein the server is further adapted to suggest at least one alternate restaurant based at least in part on a comparison of the cuisine types of the subject restaurant and the cuisine types of the at least one alternate restaurant.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the information contained in the database includes at least one menu item for at least some of the plurality of restaurants, and wherein the server is further adapted to suggest at least one alternate restaurant based at least in part on a comparison of the at least one menu item of the subject restaurant and the at least one menu item of the at least one alternate restaurant.

12. The system of claim 9 wherein the information contained in the database includes at least one diner rating for at least some of the plurality of restaurants, and wherein the server is further adapted to suggest at least one alternate restaurant based at least in part on a comparison of the least one diner rating of the subject restaurant and the at least one diner rating of the at least one alternate restaurant.

13. A method for suggesting alternatives to a subject restaurant, the method operating on a server coupled to a database, the database containing information pertaining to a plurality of restaurants including the subject restaurant, the information including at least the location of at least some of the plurality of restaurants, the method comprising the steps of:

i) the server receiving a request for alternate restaurants to the subject restaurant; and

ii) suggesting at least one alternate restaurant based at least in part on a distance of the at least one alternate restaurant from the subject restaurant calculated by the server.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the information contained in the database includes at least the cuisine types of at least some of the plurality of restaurants, and wherein the step of suggesting is based at least in part on a comparison of the cuisine types of the subject restaurant and the cuisine types of the at least one alternate restaurant.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein the information contained in the database includes at least one menu item for at least some of the plurality of restaurants, and wherein the step of suggesting is based at least in part on a comparison of the at least one menu item of the subject restaurant and the at least one menu item of the at least one alternate restaurant.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein the information contained in the database includes at least one diner rating for at least some of the plurality of restaurants, and wherein the step of suggesting is based at least in part on a comparison of the least one diner rating of the subject restaurant and the at least one diner rating of the at least one alternate restaurant.