Systems and methods for recommending merchant discussion groups based on settings in an e-commerce platform
AssigneeShopify Inc.
InventorMichael Leander Perry
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed in which merchants on an e-commerce platform may use a same computer application to start and/or join discussion groups with other merchants on the e-commerce platform. An existing discussion group may be recommended to a merchant based on data specific to that merchant. A notification of the recommendation may be transmitted to the user interface of the merchant's device, and if the merchant accepts the recommendation, then the discussion group may be added to the set of discussion groups the merchant follows. Alternatively, a recommended discussion group may be automatically added to the set of discussion groups the merchant follows.
Claims24
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- obtaining an indication that a particular merchant has a particular setting in an e-commerce platform, wherein the particular setting is one of a plurality of settings in the e-commerce platform, and wherein each setting of the plurality of settings has associated therewith a respective subset of discussion groups;
- selecting a target discussion group that the particular merchant is not already associated with, the target discussion group being selected from the subset of the discussion groups associated with the particular setting;
- and
- storing in memory an association between the particular merchant and the target discussion group in order to associate the particular merchant with the target discussion group;
- wherein for each discussion group there is stored a time-ordered sequence of messages that belong to the discussion group;
- further wherein associations between merchants and the discussion groups are stored, wherein at least two of the discussion groups are each associated with a respective different set of merchants, and wherein a message belonging to a discussion group is transmitted to merchant devices of the merchants associated with the discussion group.
A system comprising:
- a memory to store information related to a plurality of discussion groups;
- a processor to, for a particular merchant:
- obtain an indication that the particular merchant has a particular setting in an e-commerce platform, wherein the particular setting is one of a plurality of settings in the e-commerce platform, and wherein each setting of the plurality of settings has associated therewith a respective subset of the discussion groups;
- select a target discussion group that the particular merchant is not already associated with, the target discussion group being selected from the subset of the discussion groups associated with the particular setting;
- and
- store in the memory an association between the particular merchant and the target discussion group in order to associate the particular merchant with the target discussion group;
- wherein for each discussion group there is stored a time-ordered sequence of messages that belong to the discussion group;
- further wherein associations between merchants and the discussion groups are stored, wherein at least two of the discussion groups are each associated with a respective different set of merchants, and wherein a message belonging to a discussion group is to be transmitted to merchant devices of the merchants associated with the discussion group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.