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Providing gift clustering functionality to assist a user in ordering multiple items for a recipient

  • US 8,738,470 B2
  • Filed: 12/09/2005
  • Issued: 05/27/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored contents including instructions that, when executed, configure a computer system to perform a method, the method comprising:

  • determining, by the configured computer system, one or more categories associated with a user-defined group of multiple items that is defined by a first user to be treated as a group, the first user being one of multiple customers of an item ordering service that makes the multiple items available to the multiple customers;

    providing, by the configured computer system, information for display to a second user that identifies the user-defined group of multiple items based on at least one of the associated categories for the user-defined group, wherein the second user is one of the multiple customers and is distinct from the first user, and wherein the provided information, when displayed, identifies the user-defined group of multiple items as a single item to be ordered and includes a visual indication of an action that is to be performed to order the user-defined group of multiple items from the item ordering service as the single item;

    in response to the indicated action being performed by the second user, initiating an order of the user-defined group of multiple items for the second user; and

    based at least in part on the defining of the user-defined group of multiple items by the first user, compensating the first user.

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