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US 2009/0157548 A1Published application
Multiple party on-line transactions
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorYitao Gong
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Abstract
A role associated with one or more parties involved with a purchase transaction is received. A routing rule associated with the purchase transaction is also received, the routing rule defining how the purchase transaction is routed among the one or more parties. The purchase transaction is processed based on the role of each party and the routing rule.
Claims23
A method performed by a data processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving a role associated with one or more parties involved with a purchase transaction;
- receiving a routing rule associated with the purchase transaction, the routing rule defining how the purchase transaction is routed among the one or more parties;
- and
- processing the purchase transaction based on the role of each party and the routing rule.
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A method performed by a data processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- identifying one or more parties associated with a purchase transaction in a virtual shopping cart;
- identifying one or more rules associated with the purchase transaction and a role associated with each of the one or more parties;
- and
- determining whether to route the shopping cart to the one or more parties based on the one or more rules and the role associated with each of the one or more parties.
1 more element
A system, comprising:
- a transaction engine operable to:
- identify one or more parties associated with a purchase transaction in a virtual shopping cart;
- identify one or more rules associated with the purchase transaction and a role associated with each of the one or more parties;
- determine whether to route the shopping cart to the one or more parties based on the one or more rules and the role associated with each of the one or more parties;
- and
- process the shopping cart based on the determination.
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A system, comprising:
- means for receiving a role associated with one or more parties involved with a purchase transaction in a virtual shopping cart;
- means for receiving a routing rule associated with the purchase transaction, the routing rule defining how the shopping cart is routed among the one or more parties;
- and
- means for processing the purchase transaction in the virtual shopping cart based on the role of each party and the routing rule.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.