PURCHASE HISTORY SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS

• US 20140279655A1
• Filed: 03/17/2014
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: United Parcel Service Of America Incorporated (United Parcel Service Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: United Parcel Service Of America Incorporated (United Parcel Service Incorporated)
• Inventors: Ganesh, Bala, Castaldo, Scott, Reed, Amber
• Application Number:
  US14/215,361
• Publication Number:
  US 20140279655A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/333
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking

Abstract

A computer system for providing a user purchase history is disclosed. The computer system receives purchasing and shipping data associated with a user regardless of where the user made a purchase or how the items associated with the purchase were shipped. The system then stores the purchasing and shipping data and enables a user to access the received data in one convenient location via a username and password. In various embodiments, the system also enables the user to print shipping labels and/or the system facilities the return of purchased items.

Claims

1. A computer system for creating a purchase history comprising:

at least one processor, wherein the computer system is configured for;

(A) receiving;

i) first purchasing data associated with a first purchase made by a user; and

ii) first shipping data associated with the first purchase;

(B) receiving;

i) second purchasing data associated with a second purchase made by the user; and

ii) second shipping data associated with the second purchase made by the user;

(C) associating, with a purchase history associated with the user;

i) the first purchasing data;

ii) the first shipping data;

iii) the second purchasing data; and

iv) the second shipping data;

(D) receiving a request from the user to access the purchase history; and

(E) at least partially in response to receiving the request from the user to access the purchase history, transmitting the purchase history to a client device associated with the user.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the purchase history is associated with an account that is associated with the user.

3. The computer system of claim 2, wherein receiving the request from the user to access the purchase history comprises receiving login information associated with the user account.

4. The computer system of claim 3, wherein the login information and the user account are associated with a particular social network.

5. The computer system of claim 3, wherein the system is further configured for:

(A) determining statistics associated with the purchase history; and

(B) enabling the user to view the statistics at least partially in response to receiving the login information associated with the user account.

6. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the first purchasing data associated with the first purchase made by the user is collected by scraping an email account associated with the user.

7. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the first purchasing data associated with the first purchase made by the user is collected by an email plug-in.

8. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the first purchasing data is collected via a suitable application programming interface.

9. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the first purchasing data comprises data selected from the group consisting of:

(A) an order number for the purchase;

(B) a description of items purchased;

(C) prices of the items purchased;

(D) a date of purchase; and

(E) data associated with a user making the purchase.

10. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the first shipping data comprises data selected from the group consisting of:

(A) an order number for the purchase;

(B) a tracking number; and

(C) data associated with the user making the purchase.

11. A computer system for creating a purchase history comprising:

at least one processor, wherein the computer system is configured for;

(A) receiving;

i) first purchasing data associated with a first purchase made by a user; and

ii) first shipping data associated with the first purchase;

(B) receiving;

i) second purchasing data associated with a second purchase made by the user; and

ii) second shipping data associated with the second purchase made by the user;

(C) associating, with a purchase history associated with an account associated with the user;

i) the first purchasing data;

ii) the first shipping data;

iii) the second purchasing data; and

iv) the second shipping data, wherein accessing the account associated with the user depends, at least in part, on receiving a particular user name and a particular password;

(D) receiving a request from the user to access the purchase history, wherein the request from the user to access the purchase history comprises the particular user name and the particular password; and

(E) at least partially in response to receiving the request from the user to access the purchase history, transmitting the purchase history to a client device associated with the user.

12. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the account associated with the user is a particular account associated with a particular social network.

13. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the particular user name and the particular password are used to access the particular account associated with the particular social network.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable instructions for:

(A) detecting a first purchase from a first online retailer by a user;

(B) collecting;

i) first purchasing data associated with the first purchase; and

ii) first shipping data associated with the first purchase;

(C) detecting a second purchase from a second online retailer by the user;

(D) collecting;

i) second purchasing data associated with the second purchase; and

ii) second shipping data associated with the second purchase;

(E) sending, to be included in a user purchase history, to a remote computing system;

i) the first purchasing data;

ii) the first shipping data;

iii) the second purchasing data; and

iv) the second shipping data;

(F) receiving a request from the user to view the first purchase history;

(G) sending the request to the remote computing system;

(H) receiving the user purchase history; and

(I) displaying the first user purchase history to the first user.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the first purchase purchasing data and the first shipping data are each collected from a different source.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the first purchase shipping data is collected by scraping the first user'"'"'s email.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the computer-executable instructions are adapted for execution by a processor as a web browser add-on.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the second online retailer is the first online retailer.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the first purchase shipping data is associated with a first common carrier.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the second purchase shipping data is associated with the first common carrier.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the second purchase shipping data is associated with a second common carrier.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the first user purchase history further comprises data associated with a purchased item returned to a third online retailer from the first user.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the third online retailer is a retailer selected from a group consisting of:

(A) the first online retailer; and

(B) the second online retailer.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the first purchase purchasing data and the first purchase shipping data are collected at substantially the same time.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the first purchase purchasing data is collected before the first purchase shipping data.