System and method for selling customer-specific data subsets on a third-party website using a web widget

• US 10,102,557 B1
• Filed: 11/18/2010
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Joel Brown
• Original Assignee: Joel Brown
• Inventors: Brown, Joel
• Primary Examiner(s): Allen, William J
• Application Number:
  US12/949,517
• Time in Patent Office: 2,889 Days
• Field of Search: 705 261
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0619 Neutral agent
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders

Abstract

The invention is incorporated into an interactive web data seller widget that enables any ecommerce site to provide access to and from large, remotely stored databases to its web visitors and for those visitors to prospect/filter within the databases, for example both via geographic and demographic criteria. Users can find, for example, appropriate geographic and demographic matches to any applicable search criteria. Additionally the invention enables the web visitor to order as a deliverable subset of the remotely stored database a detailed list of the required database subset and for the ecommerce site to sell that data subset to the visitor via a web shopping cart and checkout process. And the invention enables the web visitor to preview the selected subset of data from any database prior to placing an order for the same.

Claims

1. A system for searching and purchasing data subsets from a data seller, the system comprising:

an ecommerce vendor, the ecommerce vendor configured to sell printing services to a customer via an ecommerce website, the ecommerce vendor comprising an ecommerce server configured to operate the ecommerce website, the ecommerce server comprising a first processor and a first memory;

a data seller, the data seller comprising a database server and a database, the database server comprising a second processor and a second memory, the database server connected to the database;

a data extraction widget located within the ecommerce website, the data extraction widget comprising;

a first direct connection between the data extraction widget and the ecommerce server, the first direct connection configured to facilitate a two-way exchange of data between the data extraction widget and ecommerce server, and

a second direct connection between the data extraction widget and the database server, the second direct connection configured to facilitate a two-way exchange of data between the data extraction widget and the database server, the second direct connection further configured to enable the customer to extract a subset of data directly from the database;

a third direct connection between the database server and the ecommerce server, the third direct connection configured to enable the data seller to provide a sales price to the ecommerce vendor;

wherein the data extraction widget is further configured to;

provide the customer direct access to the database such that the customer is enabled to search and extract a subset of data from the database; and

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provide direct access to the ecommerce vendor for printing services;

wherein the ecommerce vendor is further configured to charge the customer for data extracted from the database and for printing services provided by the ecommerce vendor in a single transaction.

2. The system of claim 1, the data seller further comprising a data seller web-server, the data seller web-server connected to the database server and the data extraction widget.

3. The system of claim 2, the data seller web-server connected to the ecommerce server.

4. The system of claim 3, the data seller web-server hosting a script for the data extraction widget.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the ecommerce website is integrated into a software application installed on a computer operated by the customer.

6. The system of claim 1, the database comprising geographic data.

7. The system of claim 6, the geographic data comprising zip codes, cities, counties, states, and adjustable radii about a map point.

8. The system of claim 1, the database comprising demographic data.

9. The system of claim 8, the demographic data comprising household data, personal demographic data, personal interest data, building data, and income data.

10. The system of claim 1, the data extraction widget further comprising an affiliate code.