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US 2014/0279266 A1Published application
System and Method for Determining Optimum Options for Purchasing Multiple Items On-Line
AssigneeAggregate Shopping Corp.
InventorKeith L. Lampert
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Abstract
A system and method for searching for and/or purchasing multiple items on the Internet is provided. The system determines an optimized purchase alternative for purchasing the multiple items based on pre-defined criteria.
Claims21
1) A method for presenting on-line purchase options to a user comprising:
- i) receiving, at a server, information descriptive of a plurality of items that the user is interested in purchasing, wherein the items are available from multiple on-line vendors;
- ii) determining at the server:
- a) ones of the multiple vendors from which the items are available;
- b) a lowest overall cost for which each item is available from each vendor, and an lowest overall cost available by purchasing each of the plural items at the lowest overall cost;
- c) various combinations of the items and the vendors from which the items are available to define a plurality of purchase options for the plurality of items;
- d) a measure of a total number of transactions required for each purchase option versus a cost for each purchase option;
- e) a measure of the total cost for purchasing the plural items in each purchase option versus the lowest overall cost determined in (b);
- and,
- f) a measure by which each total number of transactions for purchasing the plural items exceeds a predefined value;
- iii) assigning scores based on d), e), and f);
- and,
- iv) selecting one of the purchase options as an optimum purchase option based on the scores.
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8) A computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that when executed by an on-line server cause the server to:
- i) receive information descriptive of a plurality of items that the user is interested in purchasing, wherein the items are available from multiple on-line vendors;
- ii) determine:
- a) ones of the multiple vendors from which the items are available;
- b) a lowest overall cost for which each item is available from each vendor, and an lowest overall cost available by purchasing each of the plural items at the lowest overall cost;
- c) various combinations of the items and the vendors from which the items are available to define a plurality of purchase options for the plurality of items;
- d) a measure of a total number of transactions required for each purchase option versus a total cost for each purchase option;
- e) a measure of the total cost for purchasing the plural items in each purchase option versus the overall lowest cost determined in (b);
- and,
- f) a measure by which each total number of transactions for purchasing the plural items exceeds a predefined value;
- iii) assign scores based on d), e), and f);
- and,
- iv) select one of the purchase options as an optimum purchase option based on the scores.
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15) A system for facilitating multiple purchases online comprising a server connected to the Internet and programmed to:
- i) receive information descriptive of a plurality of items that the user is interested in purchasing, wherein the items are available from multiple on-line vendors;
- ii) determine:
- a) ones of the multiple vendors from which the items are available;
- b) a lowest overall cost for which each item is available from each vendor, and an lowest overall cost available by purchasing each of the plural items at the lowest overall cost;
- c) various combinations of the items and the vendors from which the items are available to define a plurality of purchase options for the plurality of items;
- d) a measure of a total number of transactions required for each purchase option versus a total cost for each purchase option;
- e) a measure of the total cost for purchasing the plural items in each purchase option versus the overall lowest cost determined in (b);
- and,
- f) a measure by which each total number of transactions for purchasing the plural items exceeds a predefined value;
- iii) assign scores based on d), e), and f);
- and,
- iv) select one of the purchase options as an optimum purchase option based on the scores.
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