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US 11,455,673 B2Granted
Methods, systems, and products for ordering items
AssigneeShopify Inc.
InventorDale Malik
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Abstract
Electronic commerce is enhanced for customer convenience. When a selection is received for non-approved items offered by a vendor, authorization for the purchase of the item may be obtained from an administrative user. A message may be sent to an address of the administrative user to obtain the authorization.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- sending, by a server to a client device associated with a first user, graphical storefront interface data for a graphical storefront interface for presenting items for sale, wherein some of the items for sale are pre-approved items and others of the items for sale are unapproved items, the pre-approved items having been pre-approved for the first user to purchase and unapproved items having not been pre-approved for the first user to purchase, wherein the presentation of the items for sale in the graphical storefront interface visually distinguishes the pre-approved items from the unapproved items;
- receiving, by the server from the client device, a selection of one of the unapproved items;
- adding the selected unapproved item to an order;
- and
- sending a request seeking approval for the order.
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A computer system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing code that, when executed by the processor, causes the computer system to:
- send, to a client device associated with a first user, graphical storefront interface data for a graphical storefront interface for presenting items for sale, wherein some of the items for sale are pre-approved items and others of the items for sale are unapproved items, the pre-approved items having been pre-approved for the first user to purchase and unapproved items having not been pre-approved for the first user to purchase, wherein the presentation of the items for sale in the graphical storefront interface visually distinguishes the pre-approved items from the unapproved items;
- receive, from the client device, a selection of one of the unapproved items;
- add the selected unapproved item to an order;
- and
- send a request seeking approval for the order.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code that, when executed by a processor of a computer system, causes the computer system to:
- send, to a client device associated with a first user, graphical storefront interface data for a graphical storefront interface for presenting items for sale, wherein some of the items for sale are pre-approved items and others of the items for sale are unapproved items, the pre-approved items having been pre-approved for the first user to purchase and unapproved items having not been pre-approved for the first user to purchase, wherein the presentation of the items for sale in the graphical storefront interface visually distinguishes the pre-approved items from the unapproved items;
- receive, from the client device, a selection of one of the unapproved items;
- add the selected unapproved item to an order;
- and
- send a request seeking approval for the order.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.