METHOD AND SYSTEM TO FACILITATE SOCIAL ECOMMERCE

• US 20140304171A1
• Filed: 04/03/2014
• Published: 10/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kudoo BV
• Original Assignee: Kudoo BV
• Inventors: Mertens, Filip Marc, van Kralingen, Erwin Martinus, Pot, Rene, Kelly, David
• Application Number:
  US14/244,221
• Publication Number:
  US 20140304171A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/71
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3829 involving key management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/384 using social networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

Method and system are provided to facilitate social ecommerce. A computer-implemented social ecommerce service may be deployed at one or more server computer systems that may be referred to, collectively as a provider system. A provider system may be in communication with one or more merchant computer systems and one or more on-line social network systems. The social ecommerce service executing at the provider system may be configured to interact with an on-line store and an on-line social service in order to facilitate a process of social ecommerce.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

using one or more processors to perform operations of;

detecting that a social ecommerce control was activated at a merchant'"'"'s website;

determining a product identification associated with the social ecommerce control;

generating a first overlay view, the overlay view comprising data associated with the product identification and a social network link, the social network link facilitating access to an on-line social network service and provide the first overlay view to the merchant'"'"'s website;

detecting activation of the social network link;

generating a second overlay view, the second overlay view permitting selection of a member of the on-line social network service;

detecting a selection of a member of the on-line social network service, the selection effectuated via the second overlay view; and

providing a third overlay view, the third overlay view comprising a link for effectuating transaction, the transaction comprising a purchase of a product associated with the product identification, a recipient identified as the member of the on-line social network service.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving a request from a merchant to register with a social ecommerce service; and

in response to the request, facilitating of the social ecommerce control on a web page provided on the merchant'"'"'s website.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising:

in response to the detecting activation of the social network link, determining consumer information and creating a consumer identification associated with a consumer.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the social ecommerce control comprises encrypted data and an encryption key.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the detecting that the social ecommerce control was activated comprises receiving the encrypted data, the encrypted data representing the product and one or more options.

6. The method of claim 5, comprising in response to the receiving of the encrypted data, decrypting the encrypted data using a data key stored in a database.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the generating of the first overlay view is based on the decrypted data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the social ecommerce control is associated with a data structure, the data structure comprising one or more fields, a field from the one or more fields.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein a field from the one or more fields is a fixed field comprising the product identification.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein a field from the one or more fields is an optional field comprising a delivery option or a gift wrap option.

11. A computer-implemented system comprising:

at least one processor coupled to a memory;

a trigger detector to detect that a social ecommerce control was activated at a merchant'"'"'s website, using the at least one processor;

a product detector to determine a product identification associated with the social ecommerce control, using the at least one processor;

an overlay view generator to, using the at least one processor;

generate a first overlay view, the overlay view comprising data associated with the product identification and a social network link, the social network link facilitating access to an on-line social network service and provide the first overlay view to the merchant'"'"'s website,

generate a second overlay view in response to detecting activation of the social network link, the second overlay view permitting selection of a member of the on-line social network service;

provide a third overlay view in response to detecting a selection of a member of the on-line social network service, the selection effectuated via the second overlay view, the third overlay view comprising a link for effectuating transaction, the transaction comprising a purchase of a product associated with the product identification, a recipient identified as the member of the on-line social network service.

12. The system of claim 11, comprising a communications module to, using the at least one processor:

receive a request from a merchant to register with a social ecommerce service; and

in response to the request, facilitate of the social ecommerce control on a web page provided on the merchant'"'"'s website.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the trigger detector is to:

in response to the detecting activation of the social network link, determine consumer information and creating a consumer identification associated with a consumer.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the social ecommerce control comprises encrypted data and an encryption key.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the overlay view generator is to receive the encrypted data, the encrypted data representing the product and one or more options.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the overlay view generator is to decrypt the encrypted data using a data key stored in a database in response to the receiving of the encrypted data.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the overlay view generator is to generate the first overlay view is based on the decrypted data.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the social ecommerce control is associated with a data structure, the data structure comprising one or more fields, a field from the one or more fields.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein a field from the one or more fields is a fixed field comprising the product identification.

20. A machine-readable non-transitory storage medium having instruction data to cause a machine to:

detect that a social ecommerce control was activated at a merchant'"'"'s website;

determine a product identification associated with the social ecommerce control;

generate a first overlay view, the overlay view comprising data associated with the product identification and a social network link, the social network link facilitating access to an on-line social network service and provide the first overlay view to the merchant'"'"'s website;

detect activation of the social network link;

generate a second overlay view, the second overlay view permitting selection of a member of the on-line social network service;

detect a selection of a member of the on-line social network service, the selection effectuated via the second overlay view; and

provide a third overlay view, the third overlay view comprising a link for effectuating transaction, the transaction comprising a purchase of a product associated with the product identification, a recipient identified as the member of the on-line social network service.