METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEMAND AND SUPPLY MAP/SHOPPING PATH MODEL GRAPHICAL PLATFORM AND SUPPLYING OFFERS BASED ON PURCHASE INTENTIONS

• US 20070226082A1
• Filed: 03/08/2007
• Published: 09/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Guilherme Leal
• Original Assignee: Guilherme Leal
• Inventors: Leal, Guilherme
• Granted Patent: US 8,145,544 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0275 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers

Abstract

Methods and systems allowing a consumer to use a graphical tool that summarizes, compares and browses multiple offers for products or services over a network or communications medium such as via the Internet. In specific embodiments, potential purchasers can make declarations to buy, which sellers can use to generate improved and customized offers.

Claims

1-135. -135. (canceled)

136. A system enabling a user to compare products or offers, said system executing on a computing device, comprising:

a shopping path panel presenting a plurality of display objects;

said display objects representing offers or groups of offers for products or services that can be compared;

said display objects arranged side-by-side in one or more linear, increasing, or decreasing pattern;

said display objects arranged side-by-side such that an object'"'"'s horizontal position indicates a value related to that object'"'"'s corresponding offer;

said display objects arranged such that an object'"'"'s placement compared to other objects indicates a relationship between different offers or groups of offers;

wherein one or more of said display objects can be indicated;

wherein indicating a display object causes details about an offer associated with that object to be presented; and

said patterns providing a compact way for a viewer to compare different offers.

149. A computerized system enabling advertising/shopping/price comparison executing on at least one computer system comprising:

a product image ribbon comprising a plurality of product images;

wherein a product image enlarges when indicated or selected, providing an enlarged image of a product on offer;

wherein a plurality of product images near an enlarged product image also enlarge, providing multiple images of different products on offer;

wherein said product images each represents a product offer or group of product offers;

wherein said product images are arranged side-by-side in one or more patterns;

such that a product image'"'"'s horizontal position indicates a value and/or a characteristic related to a corresponding product offer or group of product offers;

said shopping path panel arranging images such that an image'"'"'s placement compared to other images indicates a relationship between different offers or groups of offers;

wherein one or more of said images can be indicated;

wherein indicating an image causes details about a product and/or offers associated with that image to be presented; and

said patterns providing a compact way for a viewer to compare different offers.

150. The system of claim 149 further comprising:

a plurality of display objects, such as dots are vertical bars, arranged in a line.

151. The system of claim 149 further wherein:

advertisers pay and/or bid to place ads along or in relation to user search results or shopping path panel results.

152. An e-commerce system executing on one or more computing devices providing sellers declared-demand information and improved marketing tools and providing to consumers new, improved or customized offers comprising:

a consumer input module allowing consumers to input information about products/offers they desire, wherein said information comprising one or more of;

desired specific product;

desired set of product features;

preferable date of order/purchase or pick-up/delivery; and

data indicating a consumer'"'"'s location;

a grouping module able to aggregate groups of consumers with identical or similar desired products/offers into different consumer-desires-segments, wherein said consumer-desires-segments are categorized by one or more of;

region;

time (said consumers'"'"' preferable date);

product features;

a report module providing to sellers reports and/or tools displaying said consumer-desires-segments in form of lists and/or graphics, where sellers can navigate, search and select said consumer-desires-segments;

a target module allowing sellers to target one or more consumer-desires-segments, so that small and/or large groups of consumers that belong to the selected consumer-desires-segments can be targeted with targeted offers, wherein only the consumers belonging to said targeted consumer-desires-segments receive said targeted offers.

wherein consumers input information about products they desire in order to receive new, improved or customized offers.

153. The system of claim 152 further comprising:

wherein said input information further comprises an indication of a declared intention to buy (DIB) by said consumer;

wherein said grouping module aggregates and organizes DIBs into DIB-segments, wherein said DIB-segments are categorized by one or more of region, time, product features and offers features;

wherein said grouping module provides to sellers reports and/or analytical tools displaying said DIB-segments;

wherein said target module allows sellers to respond to consumers DIBs one-by-one and/or to target entire DIB-segments so that small and/or large groups of consumers, which belong to the selected DIB-segments, can be targeted with offers, wherein only the consumer DIBs belonging to said targeted DIB-segments receive said targeted offers.

154. The system of claim 153 further wherein:

said indications of a declared intention to buy (DIB) include consumers inputting a level of certainty of their purchase;

said level of certainty of consumers'"'"' purchase can be indicated by consumers by using a numerical value or by using a qualitative value

155. The system of claim 153 further comprising:

a module allowing advertisers to pay and/or bid to place ads in relation to user search results or shopping tool results and wherein said ads target said DIB-Segments; and

further wherein;

said ads target the key words searched by the user;

wherein said key words are the same or related to the past or actual DIB or DIBs, which were declared by a user;

advertisers target their ads at DIB-segments belonging to DIBs declared at the current networked hub or DIB-segments belonging to DIBs declared at a third party networked hub;

a seller can create or edit offers that target DIB-segments by determining at least one circumstance, event or DIB-segment or a combination of them, and determining the conditions, or rules of the offer or promotion related to the selected DIB-segment;

wherein every time that circumstance, event or DIB-segment or a combination of them takes place, the defined set conditions, or rules related to an offer or promotion will be sent to the consumers'"'"' DIBs that belong to said selected DIB-segment.

consumers can declare an intention to buy customized products, wherein consumer can determine their desirable product features as part of their DIBs.

sellers can define rules and options for product features configuration at said computerized system;

when a consumer DIB for a customized product with a certain set of features;

said computerized system would automatically mach, as much as possible, the consumer'"'"'s DIB product features requirements with the seller'"'"'s product features options defined at said rules and options for product features configuration, sending a customized product DIB-offer to the consumer DIB.