Mobile comparison shopping

• US 9,076,175 B2
• Filed: 05/10/2006
• Issued: 07/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Blue Hills Series 95 of Allied Security Trust I (Allied Security Trust)
• Original Assignee: Millennial Media Incorporated (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ramer, Jorey, Soroca, Adam, Doughty, Dennis
• Primary Examiner(s): Woo, Isaac M
• Application Number:
  US11/382,618
• Publication Number:
  US 20070192294A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,345 Days
• Field of Search: 707600-899, 705 261- 271
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering

Abstract

Improved capabilities are disclosed for receiving a product selection from a mobile communication facility, identifying merchants that sell such product and products associated with the product selection, receiving information relating to the mobile communication facility and presenting an ordered list of merchants selling the product. In embodiments, based at least part on the information relating to the mobile communication facility, the list of merchants may be ordered. These and other capabilities are employed to provide systems and methods for comparison shopping that are adapted for mobile comparison shopping.

Claims

1. A system for mobile comparison shopping, the system comprising one or more computers having computer readable mediums having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of the one or more computers, causes the system to perform the steps of:

receiving a product selection from a mobile communication facility;

identifying merchants that sell products associated with the product selection;

receiving information relating to the mobile communication facility; and

presenting an ordered list of merchants selling the product, wherein the ordering is based at least in part on the information relating to the mobile communication facility.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication facility is a phone.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the product selection is received through a search query.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the search query is an explicit search.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the search query is an implicit search.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the product selection is received through a clickthrough.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the product selection is received through a barcode.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the product selection is received through a text entry.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the information relating to the mobile communication facility is a user characteristic.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the information relating to the mobile communication facility is a user history.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the information relating to the mobile communication facility is a user transaction.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the information relating to the mobile communication facility is a geographic location.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the information relating to the mobile communication facility is a time.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the information relating to the mobile communication facility is location.