TECHNIQUES FOR COLLABORATIVE SHOPPING

• US 20170364975A1
• Filed: 09/01/2017
• Published: 12/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NCR Voyix Corporation
• Original Assignee: NCR Corporation (NCR Voyix Corporation)
• Inventors: Chavie, Richard, White, Daniel Frederick, Grossi, Mark, McNamara, Michael Robertson
• Granted Patent: US 10,482,509 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

Techniques for collaborative shopping are presented. During a shopping transaction, a customer collaborates in real time with one or more additional participants. Real-time and dynamic feedback is provided to the customer from the participants throughout the shopping transaction. Furthermore, real-time and dynamic feedback is provided from the customer to the participants throughout the shopping transaction.

Claims

1-13. -13. (canceled)

14. A processor-implemented method programmed in a non-transitory processor-readable medium and to execute on one or more processors configured to execute the method, comprising:

logging a user into a remote shopping collaboration manager;

identifying a shopping transaction for the user;

requesting feedback on one or more aspects of the shopping transaction from the remote shopping collaboration manager; and

receiving the feedback on the one or more aspects from the remote shopping collaboration manager and/or one or more second users assigned to the shopping transaction.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising, pushing a geographical location of the user to the remote shopping collaboration manager.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein identifying further includes receiving a selection from the user based on a list of available shopping transactions pushed from the remote shopping manager.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein identifying further includes obtaining an identifier for the shopping transaction that is pushed to the user based on a geographical location of the user.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein receiving further includes presenting at least one of the one or more aspects to the user as a quote or a proposal for all or a portion of the shopping transaction, the quote or the proposal provided by a specific second user, which is an enterprise.

19-20. -20. (canceled)