Transaction Auto Synchronization

• US 20130317925A1
• Filed: 05/23/2012
• Published: 11/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Zhao, Lucy M.
• Application Number:
  US13/478,554
• Publication Number:
  US 20130317925A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/21
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/02 involving a neutral party, e.g. certification authority, notary or trusted third party [TTP]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/201 Price look-up processing, e.g. updating
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

A system according to an embodiment comprises one or more processors; and one or more memories adapted to store a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by the processor(s) are adapted to cause the system to: receive online search information in connection with one or more desired items from a user device of a user, wherein the user device includes an application loaded in the user device from a server at a remote location; auto-synchronize the online search information to a mobile device of the user; and send an alert via the mobile device when the mobile device is in a proximity of a point of sale location of the one or more desired items associated with the online search information.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories in communication with the one or more processors and adapted to store a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by the one or more processors are adapted to cause the system to;

receive online search information in connection with one or more desired items from a user device of a user, wherein the user device includes an application loaded in the user device from a server at a remote location;

auto-synchronize the online search information to a mobile device of the user; and

send an alert via the mobile device when the mobile device is in a proximity of a point of sale location of the one or more desired items associated with the online search information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of machine-readable instructions are adapted to further cause the system to complete a transaction associated with the one or more desired items at the point of sale location.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of machine-readable instructions are adapted to further cause the system to complete a transaction associated with the one or more desired items via the server at the remote location.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the user device and the mobile device are separate devices, and each device comprises the loaded application from the server at the remote location.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the user device and the mobile device are the Same.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the plurality of machine-readable instructions are adapted to further cause the system to:

receive the online search information in connection with the one or more desired items from the mobile device, wherein the mobile device includes the application loaded from the server at the remote location; and

auto-synchronize the online search information to the mobile device at a later time.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the proximity of the point of sale location further comprises a location near a venue of the point of sale location and/or within a hotspot WiFi or Bluetooth range.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of machine-readable instructions are adapted to further cause the system to save the search information in connection with the one or more desired items for a predetermined period of time.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the period of time is based, at least in part, on how long ago the one or more desired items was last searched and/or a number of searches conducted since the one or more items was last searched.

10. A method comprising:

receiving, electronically by a processor, online search information in connection with one or more desired items from a user device of a user, wherein the user device includes an application loaded in the user device from a server at a remote location;

auto-synchronizing, electronically by the processor, the online search information to a mobile device of the user; and

sending, electronically by the processor, an alert via the mobile device when the mobile device is in a proximity of a point of sale location of the one or more desired items associated with the online search information.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising completing a transaction associated with the one or more desired items at the point of sale location.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising completing a transaction associated with the one or more desired items via the server at the remote location.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the user device and the mobile device are separate devices, and each device comprises the loaded application from the server at the remote location.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the user device and the mobile device are the same.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving the online search information in connection with the one or more desired items from the mobile device, wherein the mobile device includes the application loaded from the server at the remote location; and

auto-synchronizing the online search information to the mobile device at a later time.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising saving the search information in connection with the one or more desired items for a predetermined period of time.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising basing the period of time, at least in part, on how long ago the one or more desired items was last searched and/or a number of searches conducted since the one or more items was last searched.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium on which are stored computer readable instructions and, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive online search information in connection with one or more desired items from a user device of a user, wherein the user device includes an application loaded in the user device from a server at a remote location;

auto-synchronize the online search information to a mobile device of the user; and

send an alert via the mobile device when the mobile device is in a proximity of a point of sale location of the one or more desired items associated with the online search information.

19. The medium of claim 18, wherein the computer readable instructions further cause the processor to complete a transaction associated with the one or more desired items at the point of sale location.

20. The medium of claim 18, wherein the computer readable instructions further cause the processor to complete a transaction associated with the one or more desired items via the server at the remote location.

21. The medium of claim 18, wherein the user device and the mobile device are separate devices, and each device comprises the loaded application from the server at the remote location.

22. The medium of claim 18, wherein the user device and the mobile device are the same.

23. The medium of claim 18, wherein the computer readable instructions further cause the processor to save the search information in connection with the one or more desired items for a predetermined period of time.

24. The medium of claim 23, wherein the period of time is based, at least in part, on how long ago the one or more desired items was last searched and/or a number of searches conducted since the one or more items was last searched.