User interface for simultaneous management of owned and unowned inventory
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Abstract
The present invention provides a user configurable computer interface for managing inventory. The interface provides a list, generated according to a user-defined organization. The list includes both owned and un-owned items and provides a means for sampling and purchasing the un-owned items directly from the list. The present invention contemplates a user interface for managing an entertainment play lists such as music play lists, video play lists etc. In addition the present invention contemplates management of vehicle maintenance and goods such as groceries, toys, or books.
61 Citations
77 Claims
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29. Computer instructions that when executed are capable of causing a computer to:
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store a list transferred to a user via electronic mail, wherein the list includes one or more items and is created by another party;
generate a user interface;
display the one or more items on the user interface;
determine whether each item in the list is owned or un-owned by the user;
indicate on the user interface whether each item is owned or un-owned by the user; and
provide a link to an on-line vendor from which the user can purchase at least one un-owned item in the list, wherein a purchased item is in the form of downloaded music. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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33. A computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer are capable of causing the computer to:
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store a list transferred to a user via a network, wherein the list includes one or more songs;
generate a user interface;
display the one or more songs on the user interface;
generate status icons indicating whether each song is owned or un-owned by the user, wherein the status icons appear on the user interface; and
provide a link to an on-line vendor from which the user can purchase at least one un-owned song in the list. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer are capable of causing the computer to:
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store a first list including one or more items, wherein the first list is created by a first party;
initiate the transfer of the first list from the first party to a second party via electronic mail;
receive a second list transferred from a third party to the first party via electronic mail, wherein the second list includes one or more items;
display the one or more items in the second list on a user interface;
determine whether each item in the second list is owned or un-owned by the first party; and
indicate on the user interface whether each item in the second list is owned or un-owned by the first party. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer are capable of causing the computer to:
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receive a list transferred to a user via a network, wherein the list includes one or more items;
generate a user interface;
display the one or more items on the user interface;
determine whether each item in the list was previously purchased by the user; and
provide a mechanism that allows the user to initiate a purchase of an item in the list that has not yet been purchased by the user. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. A computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer are capable of causing the computer to:
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store a list that includes one or more items;
generate a user interface;
display the one or more items on the user interface;
determine whether each item in the list was previously purchased by a user; and
provide a mechanism that allows the user to initiate a purchase of an item in the list that has not yet been purchased by the user. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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Specification