Methods, systems, and products for ordering items

• US 9,619,791 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2016
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shopify Incorporated
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Malik, Dale
• Primary Examiner(s): Savusdiphol, Paultep
• Application Number:
  US15/087,305
• Publication Number:
  US 20160210601A1
• Time in Patent Office: 376 Days
• Field of Search: 235383, 235385
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants

Abstract

Electronic commerce is enhanced for customer convenience. When an online order is received, a profile may be checked. A customer may her profile with items that are automatically added to the online order. Food and beverages, for example, may be items that are frequently consumed and thus automatically added to any online order. Electronic commerce may thus be enhanced to restock items that are frequently purchased.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a system including a hardware processor, an online order associated with a client device, the online order identifying a usercode and a first item requested for purchase;

querying, by the system, an electronic database according to the usercode, the electronic database electronically associating electronic profiles to usercodes to identify a first electronic profile of the electronic profiles that is electronically associated with the usercode identified in the online order;

determining, by the system, that the first electronic profile is associated with a second electronic profile;

obtaining, by the system, an electronic description from the second electronic profile, the electronic description describing a second item; and

automatically adding, by the system, the electronic description describing the second item to the online order associated with the client device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatically adding the electronic description describing the second item is based on a determination that the online order satisfies a pre-determined rule associated with the second electronic profile for adding items to online orders.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the pre-determined rule requires the first item to be of a particular type.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the pre-determined rule requires the online order to satisfy timing criteria.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first electronic profile is associated with the second electronic profile according to a family relationship between a first user of the first electronic profile and a second user of the second electronic profile, and further comprising storing the electronic database association between the first and second users.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising accessing, by the system, payment information.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising processing, by the system, the payment information for the online order.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising processing, by the system, the payment information for the second item automatically added to the online order.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating, by the system, a username to the second electronic profile.

10. A device, comprising:

a hardware processor; and

a memory device, the memory device storing executable instructions that, when executed by the hardware processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

querying an electronic database according to a usercode identified by an online order associated with a client device, the online order requesting a purchase of a first item, the electronic database electronically associating electronic profiles to usercodes to identify a first electronic profile of the electronic profiles that is electronically associated with the usercode identified in the online order;

determining the first electronic profile is associated with a second electronic profile;

obtaining an electronic description from the second electronic profile, the electronic description describing a second item; and

automatically adding the electronic description describing the second item to the online order associated with the client device.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the automatically adding the electronic description describing the second item is based on a determination that the online order satisfies a pre-determined rule associated with the second electronic profile for adding items to online orders.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the pre-determined rule requires the first item to be of a particular type.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein the pre-determined rule requires the online order to satisfy timing criteria.

14. The device of claim 10, wherein the first electronic profile is associated with the second electronic profile according to a family relationship between a first user of the first electronic profile and a second user of the second electronic profile, and wherein the operations further comprise storing the electronic database association between the first and second users.

15. The device of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise accessing payment information.

16. The device of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise processing the payment information for the online order.

17. The device of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise processing the payment information for the second item automatically added to the online order.

18. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a hardware processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

querying an electronic database according to a usercode identified by an online order associated with a client device, the client device requesting a purchase of a first item, the electronic database electronically associating electronic profiles to usercodes to identify a first electronic profile of the electronic profiles that is electronically associated with the usercode identified in the online order;

determining the first electronic profile is associated with a second electronic profile;

obtaining an electronic description from the second electronic profile, the electronic description describing a second item associated with the second electronic profile; and

automatically adding the electronic description describing the second item to the online order associated with the client device.

19. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the automatically adding the electronic description describing the second item is based on a determination that the online order satisfies a pre-determined rule associated with the second electronic profile for adding items to online orders.

20. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the first electronic profile is associated with the second electronic profile according to a family relationship between a first user of the first electronic profile and a second user of the second electronic profile, and wherein the operations further comprise storing the electronic database association between the first and second users.