US 2014/0279204 A1Published application

Recurring transactions for purchases

AssigneeGimmeanother LLC

InventorsJon D. Roketenetz, Andrew J. Sannes, Andrew P. Figgins, Mark D. Erickson

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Abstract

The invention provides a method for identifying recurring products and/or transactions. A record of purchases of a user is reviewed, and the record includes purchases from one or more retailers. The record is stored in a temporary or activated account for the user. A recurring pattern of the purchases from the stored record is identified. A recommendation to initiate a transaction based on the identified recurring pattern is provided. The method further receives a confirmation to the provided recommendation. Further facilitates a future easier purchase based on recurring pattern.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for identifying recurring transactions comprising:

reviewing a record of purchases of a user, said record comprising purchases from one or more retailers;
storing said reviewed record in an account for the user, said reviewed record comprising one or more of the following:
order details and product details;
identifying a recurring pattern of purchases from the stored record based on one or more of the following factors, among others:
type;
nature of product;
package quantity;
order quantity;
volume of package or material;
weather or temperature of a location of the user;
a geography or location of the user;
durability of a product;
a recommended daily dosage;
nutritional or caloric content of product;
season or time of the year;
industry recommended obsolescence time;
warranty coverage;
time of day;
holiday schedule;
category trends;
usage patterns;
frequency of orders;
date;
product category;
and accepted product lifespan;
providing a recommendation to initiate a recurring transaction based on the identified recurring pattern;
and
receiving a confirmation to the provided recommendation.

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A method for processing recurring transactions comprising:

identifying one or more retailers from a list of potential transactions;
collecting ordering information from the one or more identified retailers;
determining a recurring frequency based one or more factors, which include, without limitation or combination of factors, of a transaction:
type;
nature of product;
package quantity;
order quantity;
volume of package or material;
weather or temperature of a location of the user;
a geography or location of the user;
durability of a product;
a recommended daily dosage;
nutritional or caloric content of product;
season or time of the year;
industry recommended obsolescence time;
warranty coverage;
time of day;
holiday schedule;
category trends;
usage patterns;
frequency of orders;
date;
product category;
and accepted product lifespan;
generating a list of potential recurring transactions based on the determined recurring frequency;
establishing a user account;
consolidating the generated list of potential recurring transactions with information of the identified one or more retailers in the user account;
and
processing one or more recurring transactions from the consolidated list in response to a request.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.