Universal shopping cart and order injection system
First Claim
1. A method of processing product orders, via a network, to allow consumers to order products from a plurality of merchants from a web page comprising a consistent user interface, comprising the steps of:
- retrieving a universal shopping cart;
searching a local database for information relating to a product prior to searching a plurality of at least one of;
affiliated and unaffiliated websites for said information;
displaying said information from said plurality of at least one of;
affiliated and unaffiliated websites within said web page comprising a consistent user interface;
receiving a product selection command from a consumer indicative of selecting a product;
adding said selected product to said universal shopping cart;
determining whether said selected product is from an affiliated or an unaffiliated web site;
transmitting an order for said selected product directly to an owner of said affiliated web site when said selected product is from said affiliated web site;
injecting a product order at an unaffiliated website, when said selected product is from said unaffiliated web site, wherein said product order is injected to an unaffiliated website according to pattern matching; and
,identifying a common accepted payment method from said plurality of merchants, wherein said common accepted payment method is displayed within said webpage.
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Abstract
A universal shopping cart is provided that obtains and orders products and services from different merchants located on the Internet. The consumer completes all of their shopping on the shopping site and is not directed to another merchant'"'"'s site to complete an order. The universal shopping cart provides a monitoring service that allows the consumer to monitor a product for specified criteria. The order injection system places orders for products contained within the universal shopping cart from affiliated and non-affiliated merchants. Specific ordering details required from merchants external to the shopping site are hidden from the consumer. For external merchant sites that require a consumer account before allowing the product to be purchased, the shopping site creates a new consumer account without intervention from the consumer. Once the products are ordered, the consumer may keep track of the ordered products from the shopping site.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of processing product orders, via a network, to allow consumers to order products from a plurality of merchants from a web page comprising a consistent user interface, comprising the steps of:
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retrieving a universal shopping cart; searching a local database for information relating to a product prior to searching a plurality of at least one of;
affiliated and unaffiliated websites for said information;displaying said information from said plurality of at least one of;
affiliated and unaffiliated websites within said web page comprising a consistent user interface;receiving a product selection command from a consumer indicative of selecting a product; adding said selected product to said universal shopping cart; determining whether said selected product is from an affiliated or an unaffiliated web site; transmitting an order for said selected product directly to an owner of said affiliated web site when said selected product is from said affiliated web site; injecting a product order at an unaffiliated website, when said selected product is from said unaffiliated web site, wherein said product order is injected to an unaffiliated website according to pattern matching; and
,identifying a common accepted payment method from said plurality of merchants, wherein said common accepted payment method is displayed within said webpage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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