Server-based processing for on-line viewing, purchasing and related analytics
First Claim
1. A computer system comprising:
- at least one on-line shopper controlled web communicator device; and
a plurality of seller servers providing web accessible images of articles offered for sale;
an application server linked to a web interface and configured to communicate the web accessible images of articles to the communicator device, the web communicator device being configured to display the web accessible images of articles, to prompt an on-line shopper to select one or more articles from the displayed images of articles; and
the application server is further configured to store one or more articles indicated as selected in a virtual closet, to retrieve the stored one or more articles for a subsequent access to the application server by the communicator device, to allow purchase of the stored articles by an on-line shopper using the communicator device, and to track selected articles to provide demographic information about the on-line shopper to the sellers.
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Abstract
An aspect of the disclosure is directed to an e-commerce data processing approach involving on-line viewing of a first article through a linking node for virtual merging on another structure. A particular application of the invention is directed to an application server linked to a web interface and configured to communicate the web accessible images of articles to the communicator device, the web communicator device displays the web accessible images of articles, and prompts an on-line shopper to select one or more articles from the displayed images of articles. Another aspect concerns storage of articles in a virtual closet, and allowing purchase of the stored articles by an on-line shopper using the communicator device, and tracking selected articles to provide demographic information about the sellers to the buyer.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer system comprising:
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at least one on-line shopper controlled web communicator device; and a plurality of seller servers providing web accessible images of articles offered for sale; an application server linked to a web interface and configured to communicate the web accessible images of articles to the communicator device, the web communicator device being configured to display the web accessible images of articles, to prompt an on-line shopper to select one or more articles from the displayed images of articles; and the application server is further configured to store one or more articles indicated as selected in a virtual closet, to retrieve the stored one or more articles for a subsequent access to the application server by the communicator device, to allow purchase of the stored articles by an on-line shopper using the communicator device, and to track selected articles to provide demographic information about the on-line shopper to the sellers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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communicating data, including images of merchant articles, between at least one on-line shopper controlled web communicator device, a plurality of seller servers providing web accessible images of articles offered for sale, and an application server that is linked to a web interface; using the application server to communicate the web accessible images of articles to the communicator device; using the web communicator device to display the web accessible images of articles, to prompt an on-line shopper to select one or more articles from the displayed images of articles; and using the application server to store one or more articles indicated as selected in a virtual closet, to retrieve the stored one or more articles for a subsequent access to the application server by the communicator device, to allow purchase of the stored articles by an on-line shopper using the communicator device, and to track selected articles to provide demographic information about the on-line shopper to the sellers. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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