Purchaser centered, product driven world wide web searching and e-commerce system
First Claim
1. A method of providing a purchaser specified product search engine, comprising:
- providing a seller product information database which includes a plurality of product specification profiles, wherein the seller product information database comprises at least one of seller input product specification profiles and world wide web derived product specification profiles;
receiving an initial purchaser input product profile;
accessing the seller product information database and performing a first comparing of the initial purchaser input product profile to the plurality of product specification profiles in the seller product information database;
determining if there are one or more product matches between the initial purchaser input product profile and at least one of the plurality of product specification profiles in the seller product information database;
if there are one or more successful product matches of the initial purchaser input product profile to at least one of the plurality of product specification profiles in the seller product information database, displaying the one or more successful product matches;
if there are no matches from the first comparing, submitting further inquiries to develop a first revised purchaser input product profile, wherein the further inquiries are based on one of knowledge based and historical based key word correlations related to the initial purchaser input product profile and successful product matches;
accessing the seller product information database and performing a second comparing of the first revised purchaser input product profile to the plurality of product specification profiles in the seller product information database;
if there are one or more successful product matches of the first revised purchaser input product profile to at least one of the plurality of product specification profiles in the seller product information database, displaying the one or more successful product matches;
if there are no matches from the second comparing, storing the first revised purchaser input product profiles in a purchaser product profile database; and
providing access by potential sellers to the purchaser product profile database to allow possible later seller generated product matches.
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Abstract
Aspects of this invention disclose a system for providing a purchaser specified product search engine, including providing storage circuitry comprising a database of products, storing product data in the database, receiving from a prospective product purchaser, product data of a desired product to purchase, accessing the database of products and comparing the product data to product data in the database, and determining a probability that the product data matches product data stored in the database. Other aspects may include a data processing apparatus providing a purchaser specified product search engine, including storage circuitry comprising a database of product data, processing circuitry configured to receive purchaser specified product search inquiry data, accessing the database of product data, and comparing the purchaser specified product search inquiry data to the product data; and determining a probability that the prospective purchaser product data matches the product data stored in the database.
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12 Claims
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1. A method of providing a purchaser specified product search engine, comprising:
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providing a seller product information database which includes a plurality of product specification profiles, wherein the seller product information database comprises at least one of seller input product specification profiles and world wide web derived product specification profiles; receiving an initial purchaser input product profile; accessing the seller product information database and performing a first comparing of the initial purchaser input product profile to the plurality of product specification profiles in the seller product information database; determining if there are one or more product matches between the initial purchaser input product profile and at least one of the plurality of product specification profiles in the seller product information database; if there are one or more successful product matches of the initial purchaser input product profile to at least one of the plurality of product specification profiles in the seller product information database, displaying the one or more successful product matches; if there are no matches from the first comparing, submitting further inquiries to develop a first revised purchaser input product profile, wherein the further inquiries are based on one of knowledge based and historical based key word correlations related to the initial purchaser input product profile and successful product matches; accessing the seller product information database and performing a second comparing of the first revised purchaser input product profile to the plurality of product specification profiles in the seller product information database; if there are one or more successful product matches of the first revised purchaser input product profile to at least one of the plurality of product specification profiles in the seller product information database, displaying the one or more successful product matches; if there are no matches from the second comparing, storing the first revised purchaser input product profiles in a purchaser product profile database; and providing access by potential sellers to the purchaser product profile database to allow possible later seller generated product matches. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A data processing apparatus to provide a prospective product purchaser to search for and locate a specified product, the data processing apparatus comprising:
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a communication interface; hardware storage circuitry including a seller product information database which includes a plurality of product specification profiles, wherein the seller product information database comprises at least one of seller input product specification profiles and world wide web derived product specification profiles; the communication interface and hardware storage circuitry being configured to; receive an initial purchaser input product profile; access the seller product information database and performing a first comparing of the initial purchaser input product profile to the plurality of product specification profiles in the seller product information database; determine if there are one or more product matches between the initial purchaser input product profile and at least one of the plurality of product specification profiles in the seller product information database; if there are one or more successful product matches of the initial purchaser input product profile to at least one of the plurality of product specification profiles in the seller product information database, being further configured to display the one or more successful product matches; if there are no matches from the first comparing, being further configured to submit further inquiries to develop a first revised purchaser input product profile, wherein the further inquiries are based on one of knowledge based and historical based key word correlations related to the initial purchase input product profile and successful product matches; configured to access the seller product information database and performing a second comparing of the first revised purchaser input product profile to the plurality of product specification profiles in the seller product information database; if there are one or more successful product matches of the first revised purchaser input product profile to at least one of the plurality of product specification profiles in the seller product information database, being further configured to display the one or more successful product matches; if there are no matches from the second comparing, being further configured to store the first revised purchaser input product profiles in a purchaser product profile database; and being configured to provide access by potential sellers to the purchaser product profile database to allow possible later seller generated product matches.
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