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Techniques for collaborative shopping

  • US 9,754,298 B2
  • Filed: 08/31/2011
  • Issued: 09/05/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A processor-implemented method programmed in a non-transitory processor-readable medium and to execute on one or more processors configured to execute the method to enable collaboration between a user of a mobile device in a physical location store and one or more second users remote from the user, the method comprising:

  • registering, by the one or more processors, the user for collaborative shopping;

    obtaining, by the one or more processors, shopping preferences from the user;

    creating, by the one or more processors, a shopping transaction as directed by the user using the shopping preferences;

    assigning, by the one or more processors, the one or more second users to the shopping transaction as permitted by the user, at least one of the second users is an individual known to the user,deriving one or more enterprises based on the shopping transaction, and permissions defined by the user in the shopping preferences, and assigning the one or more enterprise as one or more enterprise users to the transaction,creating, by the one or more processors, one or more communication sessions via the mobile device between the user and the second users during the shopping transaction for sharing information related to the shopping transaction,sending, by the one or more processors, an alert to a specific second user of the one or more second users based on a command or instruction of the user or based on one or more of the shopping preferences,receiving a piece of the information from the specific second user in response to sending the alert, andautomatically sending a request for a quote to at least one of the one or more enterprises.

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