Processing requests to buy items or services
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsToru Aihara, Noboru Kamijo, Kazumasa Ochiai, Hidekazu Tanaka
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Abstract
A method and system for processing shopping information. The shopping information, which pertains to an item purchased by a user, is read from a mobile device, and was scanned by the mobile device from an item tag attached to the item. The item relates to another user. A set of affiliates is determined from analysis of the shopping information. Each affiliate is entitled to receive a reward due to purchase of the item.
Claims20
A method for processing shopping information, said method comprising:
- reading, from a mobile device by a processor of a computer system, shopping information pertaining to a purchase of an item by a user through use of the mobile device that scanned the shopping information from an item tag attached to the item, said item relating to another user;
- and
- said processor determining, from analysis of the shopping information, a set of affiliates wherein each affiliate of the set of affiliates is entitled to receive a reward due to the purchase of the item.
A computer program product, comprising a computer readable storage device having computer readable program code stored therein, said program code containing instructions which, upon being executed by a processor of a computer system, implement a method for processing shopping information, said method comprising:
- said processor reading, from a mobile device, shopping information pertaining to a purchase of an item by a user through use of the mobile device that scanned the shopping information from an item tag attached to the item, said item relating to another user;
- and
- said processor determining, from analysis of the shopping information, a set of affiliates wherein each affiliate of the set of affiliates is entitled to receive a reward due to the purchase of the item.
A computer system comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a computer readable storage device coupled to the processor, said storage device containing program code which upon being executed by the processor via the memory implements a method for processing shopping information, said method comprising:
- said processor reading, from a mobile device, shopping information pertaining to a purchase of an item by a user through use of the mobile device that scanned the shopping information from an item tag attached to the item, said item relating to another user;
- and
- said processor determining, from analysis of the shopping information, a set of affiliates wherein each affiliate of the set of affiliates is entitled to receive a reward due to the purchase of the item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.