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Managing the purchase of multiple items with multiple modes of fulfillment

  • US 9,760,941 B2
  • Filed: 01/12/2016
  • Issued: 09/12/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for processing multiple items of an electronic purchase, the method comprising:

  • identifying, by a data processing system, a device functionality item, a software item, a first mode of fulfillment, and a second mode of fulfillment at a single user interface in response to a customer activation of first selections from a first column and second selections from a second column in the single user interface, wherein the first selections comprise the device functionality item and the software item and the second selections comprise the first mode of fulfillment and the second mode of fulfillment;

    determining, by the data processing system, a specific mode of fulfillment for each item in the electronic purchase;

    responsive to the data processing system determining the specific mode of fulfillment for each item in the electronic purchase, assigning, by the data processing system, the first mode of fulfillment comprising device enablement to the device functionality item and the second mode of fulfillment comprising electronic distribution to the software item;

    determining, by the data processing system, a schedule for the first mode and the second mode of fulfillment; and

    fulfilling, by the data processing system, the electronic purchase based on the schedule such that;

    in accordance with the first mode of fulfillment, the data processing system enables one or more features of a device associated with a customer of the electronic purchase, changes a clock speed of the device associated with the customer of the electronic purchase, or changes a storage capacity of the device associated with the customer of the electronic purchase; and

    in accordance with the second mode of fulfillment, the data processing system electronically distributes the software item to the device associated with the customer of the electronic purchase.

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