Peer-assisted shopping

• US 10,726,458 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2017
• Issued: 07/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aibuy Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Aibuy Incorporated
• Inventors: Spitz, Rick, Sundukovskiy, Sergey, Galindo, Jr., Delfino, Downing, Todd, Briggs, Christian
• Primary Examiner(s): Airapetian, Mila
• Application Number:
  US15/443,397
• Publication Number:
  US 20180018724A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,247 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a method for peer-assisted shopping, the method includes initiating, on a first endpoint corresponding to a first user, a display of media content. The method also includes initiating, on the first endpoint, an interactive feature configured to allow the first user to interact with the first endpoint in response to the display of media content. The method further includes initiating, on the first endpoint, an option for the first user to invoke a communication request with at least a second user corresponding to at least a second endpoint. Moreover, the method includes, upon selection of the option, initiating a connection request with the at least a second endpoint.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving captured media content;

identifying one or more products or services associated with the captured media content;

instantiating, at a first compute device, a transacting media container configured to support a media presentation interface configured to present media content associated with the captured media content, a control interface configured to initiate and control communication with at least one peer compute device during the presentation of the media content, and a transaction interface configured to list and allow transactions involving at least one product or service from the identified one or more products or services during presentation of the media content, the control interface including a share tool configured to allow sharing of at least one of the media content and/or at least one product or service listed in the transaction interface from the first compute device with the at least one peer compute device;

receiving, at the first compute device, a first command from a first user, the first command to initiate a communication with an at least one peer compute device, the at least one peer compute device associated with at least one second user;

rendering, on a graphical display of the first compute device, via the transacting media container, the media presentation interface displaying the media content, the control interface including an at least one indicator associated with the at least one second user and the transaction interface listing at least one product or service from the identified one or more products or services;

initiating, based on selection of the at least one indicator by the first user, at least one network communication channel from the first compute device to at least one peer compute device associated with the at least one second user associated with the selected at least one indicator; and

transmitting, via the at least one network communication channel, digital data corresponding to the media content and at least one product or service listed in the transaction interface of the first compute device, the digital data configured to synchronize media content on the first compute device with media content on the at least one peer compute device associated with the at least one second user.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the captured media content is captured via the first compute device.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first compute device is a mobile compute device, and the captured media content comprises media content captured real-time by the mobile compute device.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein media content includes one or more images.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein media content includes video content.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein media content includes a real-time video feed.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein at least two peer compute devices are associated with a second user associated with an indicator selected by the first user, and wherein transmitting digital data corresponding to the media content and at least one product or service listed in the transaction interface of the first compute device includes transmitting digital data via a first network communication channel to a first peer compute device of the at least two peer compute devices associated with the second user, and transmitting digital data via a second network communication channel to a second peer compute device of the at least two peer compute devices associated with the second user.

8. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving captured media content;

identifying at least one of a product or a service associated with the captured media content;

defining, at a first compute device, (i) a media container configured to present media content associated with the captured media content, and (ii) a transaction interface configured to identify a transaction involving the at least one of the product or the service during presentation of the media content;

receiving, at the first compute device and during a presentation of the media content, a command from a first user to initiate a communication with a second compute device that is associated with a second user;

transmitting, to the second compute device, digital data corresponding to (i) the media content and (ii) the transaction identified in the transaction interface, the digital data configured to synchronize media content on the first compute device with media content on the second compute device; and

establishing a communication channel with the second compute device based on the second compute device receiving the digital data.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the digital data includes a second media container configured to present the media content and a second transaction interface configured to list the transaction.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein:

the communication with the second compute device is via a first communication channel and a first communication technology;

the media container is further configured to establish a second communication channel with a third compute device different from the second compute device; and

the second communication channel is via a second communication technology different from the first communication technology.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein:

the digital data is configured to, upon instantiation at the second compute device, cause the second compute device to identify the transaction, the method further comprising;

transmitting, to the second compute device, an updated digital data configured to, upon instantiation at the second compute device, cause the second compute device to present updated information associated with the transaction.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the digital data includes a copy of the media content and is configured to, upon instantiation at the second compute device, synchronize playback of the copy of the media content on the second compute device with playback of the media content at the first compute device.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining a set of communication parameters between the first compute device and the second compute device wherein the set of communication parameters includes information to form a direct peer-to-peer connection between the first compute device and the second compute device; and

negotiating, based on the set of communication parameters, the communication channel with the second compute device.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining a set of communication parameters between the first compute device and the second compute device wherein the set of communication parameters includes information to form an indirect connection between the first compute device and the second compute device via a server; and

negotiating, based on the set of communication parameters, the communication channel with the second compute device.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining a set of communication parameters between the first compute device and the second compute device wherein the set of communication parameters includes information to form a hybrid connection between the first compute device and the second compute device, the hybrid connection including a direct peer-to-peer connection and an indirect connection via a server; and

negotiating, based on the set of communication parameters, the communication channel with the second compute device.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining a set of communication parameters between the first compute device and the second compute device wherein the set of communication parameters includes information related to a list of available methods of communication between the first compute device and the second compute device.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining a set of communication parameters between the first compute device and the second compute device wherein;

the set of communication parameters includes information related to a list of available methods of communication between the first compute device and the second compute device; and

the set of communication parameters includes information related to properties of the list of available methods of communication between the first compute device and the second compute device.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining a set of communication parameters between the first compute device and the second compute device wherein the set of communication parameters includes information related to a list of available networks for communication between the first compute device and the second compute device.