Product comparison
AssigneeTarget Brands, Inc.
InventorsGregory M. Nations, Chad R. Gourley, Michael F. Gonsalves, Sarah E. Schoeffler
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Abstract
Products that have been marked on a display as being selected for comparison with each other are counted. In response to the count being equal to or greater than a trigger number of products, a display is altered to add at least one compare link to the display. The compare link is such that when the user selects the compare link, the display shows a comparison of the products that have been marked on the display.
Claims20
A computer storage medium having computer executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform steps comprising:
- determining a count of products that have been marked on a display as being checked for comparison with each other;
- and
- altering a display to add at least one compare link to the display in response to the count being equal to or greater than a trigger number, the compare link such that when the user selects the compare link, the display shows a comparison of the products that have been marked on the display.
A computing system comprising:
- a memory storing a count of the number of items that are marked on a display as having been selected by a user for comparison;
- a processor retrieving the count from the memory and determining that the count is equal to or greater than a trigger number of items and displaying a dialog box comprising a link to a compare page in response to the count being equal to or greater than the trigger number of items.
A method comprising:
- displaying a collection of items on a display;
- receiving an input from a user indicating that an item in the collection of items should be marked for comparison;
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- in response to the input, displaying an element comprising a link to a comparison page such that the element at least partially covers at least one of the items in the collection of items.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.