Method and medium for universal shopping cart order injection and payment determination
First Claim
1. A method, implemented by a computer device, comprising:
- receiving, by a computer device, product information inputted by a plurality of merchants, wherein at least one of the plurality of merchants is a non-affiliated merchant;
providing, by the computer device, a universal shopping cart link for retrieving a universal shopping cart;
providing, by the computer device, a product selection link for a product selection to the universal shopping cart;
determining, by the computer device, that an order for a product associated with the product selection is from the non-affiliated merchant rather than an affiliated merchant;
in response to determining that the order for the product associated with the product selection is from the non-affiliated merchant;
logging, by the computer device, on to a non-affiliated site associated with the non-affiliated merchant to create a customer account,transmitting, by the computer device, a product order associated with the selected product to the non-affiliated merchant, andinjecting, by the computer device, the product order to the non-affiliated merchant without directing a user to the non-affiliated site; and
providing, by the computer device, a universal shopping cart checkout link without directing a customer to the non-affiliated site.
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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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19 Claims
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1. A method, implemented by a computer device, comprising:
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receiving, by a computer device, product information inputted by a plurality of merchants, wherein at least one of the plurality of merchants is a non-affiliated merchant; providing, by the computer device, a universal shopping cart link for retrieving a universal shopping cart; providing, by the computer device, a product selection link for a product selection to the universal shopping cart; determining, by the computer device, that an order for a product associated with the product selection is from the non-affiliated merchant rather than an affiliated merchant; in response to determining that the order for the product associated with the product selection is from the non-affiliated merchant; logging, by the computer device, on to a non-affiliated site associated with the non-affiliated merchant to create a customer account, transmitting, by the computer device, a product order associated with the selected product to the non-affiliated merchant, and injecting, by the computer device, the product order to the non-affiliated merchant without directing a user to the non-affiliated site; and providing, by the computer device, a universal shopping cart checkout link without directing a customer to the non-affiliated site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions that, when executed, cause a computer device to perform operations comprising:
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receiving product information inputted by a plurality of merchants, wherein at least one of the plurality of merchants is a non-affiliated merchant; providing a universal shopping cart link for retrieving a universal shopping cart; providing a product selection link for a product selection to the universal shopping cart; determining that an order for a product associated with the product selection is from a non-affiliated merchant rather than an affiliated merchant; in response to determining that the order for the product associated with the product selection is from the non-affiliated merchant; logging on to a non-affiliated site associated with the non-affiliated merchant to create a customer account, transmitting a product order associated with the selected product to the non-affiliated merchant, and injecting the product order to the non-affiliated merchant without directing a user to the non-affiliated site; and providing a universal shopping cart checkout link without directing a customer to the non-affiliated site.
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