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Contextual presentation of information about related orders during browsing of an electronic catalog

  • US 7,672,874 B2
  • Filed: 03/07/2005
  • Issued: 03/02/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of providing account-specific information to users of an electronic catalog, the method comprising:

  • receiving a request for a product detail page of an electronic catalog of products, said request generated by a computing device in response to selection, by a user of the computing device, of a product to which the product detail page corresponds, wherein the product detail page provides functionality for the user to select the product for purposes of initiating a transaction in which the product is shipped to the user by a business entity associated with the electronic catalog; and

    in response to the request;

    programmatically accessing account information associated with the user to determine, at least, a date that the product was shipped to the user;

    generating a message indicating that the product was shipped to the user, said message additionally indicating at least one of;

    (a) said date on which the product was shipped, and (b) an estimated delivery date; and

    transmitting the product detail page with said message to the computing device for presentation to the user;

    said method, including receiving the request, accessing the account information, generating the message and transmitting the product detail page, performed by a computerized system that comprises a server.

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