USER TERMINAL APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20130268401A1
• Filed: 04/08/2013
• Published: 10/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHO, Hyung-rae, CHOI, Sun
• Granted Patent: US 9,898,774 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.8
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

A user terminal apparatus is disclosed includes a memory and a processor that executes a method of providing an integrated wishlist including providing a graphical user interface (GUI) through which information on products selected from a plurality of different electronic commerce websites is received and integrating the information on the products into the integrated wishlist.

Claims

1. A user terminal apparatus comprising:

a display; and

a processor that controls the display to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) through which products are selected from a plurality of different electronic commerce websites, receives information on the products selected from the plurality of different electronic commerce websites, and integrates the information on the products into an integrated wishlist.

2. The user terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the integrated wishlist is a compilation of the information on products desired by a user configured in a list.

3. The user terminal apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of products comprise a first product selected through the GUI by the user from a first electronic commerce website and a second product selected by the user through the GUI from a second electronic commerce website.

4. The user terminal apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the first product is selected by the user navigating to the first electronic commerce website and adding the first product to the integrated wishlist through the GUI and the second product is selected by the user navigating to the second electronic commerce website and adding the second product to the integrated wishlist through the GUI.

5. The user terminal apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the processor controls the display to display the integrated wishlist.

6. The user terminal apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the processor receives a request to purchase the plurality of products displayed in the integrated wishlist and processes payment of the plurality of products through the plurality of different electronic commerce websites.

7. The user terminal apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the processor processes payment of the first product through the first electronic commerce website and processes payment of the second product through the second electronic commerce website.

8. The user terminal apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the GUI comprises a wishlist icon, and

wherein the processor receives a first input through the GUI that selects the first product from the first electronic commerce website and associates the first product with the wishlist icon, adds the first product to the integrated wishlist in response to receiving the first input, receives a second input through the GUI that selects the second product from the second electronic commerce website and associates the second product with the wishlist icon, and adds the second product to the integrated wishlist in response to receiving the second input.

9. The user terminal apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the first input is a drag input that drags the first product to the wishlist icon and the second input is a drag input that drags the second product to the wishlist icon.

10. The user terminal apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the first input is a drag input that drags the wishlist icon to the first product and the second input is a drag input that drags the wishlist icon to the second product.

11. The user terminal apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the GUI comprises a wishlist icon that indicates products are available to be selected for inclusion in the integrated wishlist, and

wherein the processor receives a first input through the GUI that selects the first product from the first electronic commerce website, adds the first product to the integrated wishlist if products are available to be selected for inclusion in the integrated wishlist in response to receiving the first input, receives a second input through the GUI that selects the second product from the second electronic commerce website, and adds the second product to the integrated wishlist if products are available to be selected for inclusion in the integrated wishlist in response to receiving the second input.

12. A method of providing an integrated wishlist, the method comprising:

displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) through which products are selected from a plurality of different electronic commerce websites;

receiving information on the products selected from the plurality of different electronic commerce websites; and

integrating the information on the products into an integrated wishlist.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the integrated wishlist is a compilation of the information on products desired by a user configured in a list.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the plurality of products comprise a first product and a second product, and

wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a first selection of the first product from a first electronic commerce website through the GUI; and

receiving a second selection of the second product from a second electronic commerce website through the GUI.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein receiving the first selection comprises the user navigating to the first electronic commerce website and selecting the first product for inclusion to the integrated wishlist through the GUI, and

wherein receiving the second selection comprises the user navigating to the second electronic commerce website and selecting the second product for inclusion to the integrated wishlist through the GUI.

16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising displaying the integrated wishlist.

17. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

receiving a request to purchase the plurality of products displayed in the integrated wishlist; and

processing payment of the plurality of products through the plurality of different electronic commerce websites.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the processing payment comprises:

processing payment of the first product through the first electronic commerce website; and

processing payment of the second product through the second electronic commerce website.

19. The method according to claim 14, wherein the GUI comprises a wishlist icon,

wherein receiving the first selection comprises receiving a first input through the GUI that selects the first product from the first electronic commerce website and associates the first product with the wishlist icon,

wherein receiving the second selection comprises receiving a second input through the GUI that selects the second product from the second electronic commerce website and associates the second product with the wishlist icon, and

wherein the method further comprises:

adding the first product to the integrated wishlist in response to receiving the first input; and

adding the second product to the integrated wishlist in response to receiving the second input.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the first input is a drag input that drags the first product to the wishlist icon and the second input is a drag input that drags the second product to the wishlist icon.

21. The method according to claim 19, wherein the first input is a drag input that drags the wishlist icon to the first product and the second input is a drag input that drags the wishlist icon to the second product.

22. The method according to claim 14, wherein the GUI comprises a wishlist icon that indicates products are available to be selected for inclusion in the integrated wishlist, and

wherein receiving the first selection comprises receiving a first input through the GUI that selects the first product from the first electronic commerce website,

wherein receiving the second selection comprises receiving a second input through the GUI that selects the second product from the second electronic commerce website, and

wherein the method further comprises:

adding the first product to the integrated wishlist if products are available to be selected for inclusion in the integrated wishlist in response to receiving the first input; and

adding the second product to the integrated wishlist if products are available to be selected for inclusion in the integrated wishlist in response to receiving the second input.

23. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a computer program that causes a terminal to execute a method of providing an integrated wishlist, the method comprising:

providing a graphical user interface through which information on products selected from a plurality of different electronic commerce websites is received; and

integrating the information on the products into the integrated wishlist.

24. A user terminal apparatus comprising:

a display; and

a processor that controls the display to provide a graphical user interface through which products are selected from a plurality of different electronic commerce websites, receives information on the products selected from the plurality of different electronic commerce websites, and integrates the information on the products into an integrated shopping cart.