Method and apparatus for providing a shopping list service
AssigneeAmerica Online, Inc.
InventorsFaten Fay Hellal, Fletcher Jones, Kamal Acharya, Peter Gremett, Jai-Jen Chang, Matthew Crampton
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed that provides an Internet wish list for deferred purchasing. A user clicks on an add to wish list button located on locations, such as, a product page, a banner ad, or search results to add an item to the wish list. A reminder system is used to remind a user to purchase an item at a future time. The shopping list service may be integrated at a high level of integration and a low level of integration. On a low level of integration a proxy platform is used to add functionality to a website.
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An apparatus for providing an Internet shopping list service comprising:
- a shopping list capable of containing items from at least two websites, retained on a computer memory;
- a computer for adding and subtracting at least one item on said shopping list;
- buttons for adding and subtracting said item onto, and off of, said shopping list;
- a connection for connecting said computer onto said Internet;
- a reminder for providing information to a user at a future time about said item on said shopping list;
- and
- at least one promotional item capable of being added to said shopping list;
- wherein a user purchases said item from said shopping list.
An apparatus for providing an Internet shopping list service comprising:
- a shopping list means capable of containing items from at least two websites, retained on a computer memory means;
- a computer means for adding and subtracting at least one item on said shopping list means;
- button means for adding and subtracting said item onto, and off of, said shopping list means;
- a connection means for connecting said computer means onto said Internet;
- a reminder means for providing information to a user at a future time about said item on said shopping list means;
- and
- at least one promotional item capable of being added to said shopping list means;
- wherein a user purchases said item from said shopping list means.
An apparatus for providing an Internet shopping list service comprising:
- a shopping list capable of containing items from at least two websites, retained on a computer memory;
- a computer for adding and subtracting at least one item on said shopping list;
- buttons for adding and subtracting said item onto, and off of, said shopping list;
- and
- a connection for connecting said computer onto said Internet.
A method for providing an Internet shopping list service comprising the steps of:
- retaining on a computer memory, a shopping list capable of containing items from at least two websites;
- adding and subtracting at least one item on said shopping list, with a computer;
- adding and subtracting said item onto, and off of, said shopping list with a button;
- connecting said computer onto said Internet;
- providing information to a user at a future time about said item on said shopping list;
- and
- promoting an item capable of being added to said shopping list;
- wherein a user purchases said item from said shopping list.
A method for providing an Internet shopping list service comprising the steps of:
- retaining on a computer memory means, a shopping list means capable of containing items from at least two websites;
- adding and subtracting at least one item on said shopping list means with a computer means;
- adding and subtracting said item onto, and off of, said shopping list means with a button means;
- connecting said computer means onto said Internet;
- providing information to a user at a future time about said item on said shopping list means;
- and
- promoting an item capable of being added to said shopping list means;
- wherein a user purchases said item from said shopping list means.
A method for providing an Internet shopping list service comprising the steps of:
- retaining on a computer memory, a shopping list capable of containing items from at least two websites;
- adding and subtracting at least one item on said shopping list with a computer;
- adding and subtracting said item onto, and off of, said shopping list with a button;
- and
- connecting said computer onto said Internet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.