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US 12,525,086 B2Granted
Multi-system distributed processing of delivery and/or referral information for orders
AssigneeCfph, LLC
InventorsHoward W. Lutnick, Colin Sims, Ari Friedman, Mark A. Miller
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Abstract
Various systems and methods that may relate to referral and/or delivery services are described. Some embodiments may include syndicating service providers for orders to a plurality of providers, in store delivery options, mobile device ordering, price arbitrage and/or other elements. Various other embodiments are described.
Claims18
An electronic device comprising:
- a communication unit;
- a memory storing programming instructions, a database of a plurality of items that are purchasable and one or more merchants associated with each of the plurality of items, and a plurality of payment formats associated with each of the one or more merchants;
- and
- at least one processor, wherein the programming instructions are executable by the at least one processor to cause the electronic device to:
- transmit, to an external electronic device via the communication unit, information for the plurality of items that are purchasable and the one or more merchants, to cause the external electronic device to display a page listing the plurality of items that are purchasable, and the one or more merchants;
- receive, from the external electronic device via the communication unit, an order for at least one item from among the plurality of items, and a first merchant from among the one or more merchants;
- transmit a suggestion related to a second merchant to the external electronic device, via the communication unit;
- format the received order into a first format from among the plurality of payment formats, the first format selected from among the stored plurality of payment formats based on association with the second merchant;
- and
- establish, via the communication unit, a network connection with a payment processing device of the second merchant, and transmitting the formatted order to the payment processing device via the network connection;
- and
- wherein the second merchant is configured to fulfill the order more advantageously than is the first merchant based on an element selected from the group consisting of:
- price of a good in the order, location, and price of delivery.
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A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:
- transmitting, to an external electronic device via a communication unit, information for a stored plurality of items that are purchasable and one or more merchants, to cause the external electronic device to display a page listing the plurality of items that are purchasable, and the one or more merchants;
- receiving, from the external electronic device via the communication unit, an order for at least one item from among the plurality of items, and a first merchant from among the one or more merchants;
- transmitting a suggestion related to a second merchant to the external electronic device, via the communication unit;
- formatting, via at least one processor, the received order into a first format from among a stored plurality of payment formats, the first format selected from among the stored plurality of payment formats based on association with the second merchant;
- and
- establishing, via the communication unit, a network connection with a payment processing device of the second merchant, and transmitting the formatted order to the payment processing device via the network connection;
- and
- wherein the second merchant is configured to fulfill the order more advantageously than is the first merchant based on an element selected from the group consisting of:
- price of a good in the order, location, and price of delivery.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.