Facilitating a user to purchase multiple products from different shopping sites
AssigneeOracle International Corporation
InventorPrateek Khanna
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Abstract
An aspect of the present invention facilitates users to purchase multiple products from shopping sites. In an embodiment, a user specifies a list of products and corresponding selection criteria for each product, with the selection criteria for at least two products being different. A corresponding shopping site, satisfying the corresponding selection criteria for each product, is determined. A shopping cart is generated and then provided to the user, with the shopping cart indicating the list of products, the corresponding determined shopping sites and respective commercial terms. Upon a confirmation of the shopping cart, orders are placed for each product at the corresponding determined shopping site.
Claims20
A method of facilitating users to purchase multiple products from shopping sites, said method being implemented in a shopping tool, said method comprising:
- receiving, from a user, a list of products and a corresponding selection criteria for each of said list of products, wherein a first selection criteria for a first product is different from a second selection criteria for a second product, wherein said first product and said second product are contained in said list of products;
- determining, for each of said list of products, a corresponding shopping site satisfying the corresponding selection criteria;
- generating a shopping cart indicating, for each of said list of products, the corresponding determined shopping site and a set of commercial terms;
- providing said shopping cart as a response to said receiving of said list of products;
- receiving, from said user, a confirmation of said shopping cart;
- placing corresponding orders for each of said list of products at the corresponding determined shopping site.
A non-transitory machine readable medium storing one or more sequences of instructions for causing a system to facilitate users to purchase multiple products from shopping sites, wherein execution of said one or more instructions by one or more processors contained in said system causes said system to perform the actions of:
- receiving, from a user, a list of products and a corresponding selection criteria for each of said list of products, wherein a first selection criteria for a first product is different from a second selection criteria for a second product, wherein said first product and said second product are contained in said list of products;
- determining, for each of said list of products, a corresponding shopping site satisfying the corresponding selection criteria;
- generating a shopping cart indicating, for each of said list of products, the corresponding determined shopping site and a set of commercial terms;
- providing said shopping cart as a response to said receiving of said list of products;
- receiving, from said user, a confirmation of said shopping cart;
- placing corresponding orders for each of said list of products at the corresponding determined shopping site.
A digital processing system comprising:
- a processor;
- a random access memory (RAM);
- a machine readable medium to store one or more instructions, which when retrieved into said RAM and executed by said processor causes said digital processing system to facilitate users to purchase multiple products from shopping sites, said digital processing system performing the actions of:
- receiving, from a user, a list of products and a corresponding selection criteria for each of said list of products, wherein a first selection criteria for a first product is different from a second selection criteria for a second product, wherein said first product and said second product are contained in said list of products;
- determining, for each of said list of products, a corresponding shopping site satisfying the corresponding selection criteria;
- generating a shopping cart indicating, for each of said list of products, the corresponding determined shopping site and a set of commercial terms;
- providing said shopping cart as a response to said receiving of said list of products;
- receiving, from said user, a confirmation of said shopping cart;
- placing corresponding orders for each of said list of products at the corresponding determined shopping site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.