Proxy shopping registry
AssigneePaypal, Inc.
InventorsGerman Carlos Scipioni, Byong Mok Oh
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for facilitating purchases by one person for another person. A user can take advantage of one or more social networks to facilitate purchases by proxy shoppers for the user. For example, the user can designate what products can be purchased by a proxy shopper and what stores can be used by the proxy shopper to make the purchases. The products can be listed in a registry on the user's social network. When the proxy shopper is in a designated store, the proxy shopper can purchase a designated products for the user.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- a non-transitory memory;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the instructions to cause the device to:
- designate, by a first user of the device, a second user as a proxy shopper, the proxy shopper including at least one person authorized to make a purchase for the first user;
- designate, by the first user of the device, at least one product and at least one store for the purchase by the second user;
- receive, over a first communication network, a query regarding whether to notify the second user to purchase the at least one product, the query including a location of the second user;
- transmit, over the first communication network, an affirmative response to the query requesting to the second user to purchase the at least one product;
- and
- remove the at least one product from a shopping list of the first user.
A method comprising:
- designating, by a first user of the device, a second user as a proxy shopper, the proxy shopper including at least one person authorized to make a purchase for the first user;
- designating, by the first user of the device, at least one product and at least one store for the purchase by the second user;
- receiving, over a first communication network, a query regarding whether to notify the second user to purchase the at least one product, the query including a location of the second user;
- transmitting, over the first communication network, an affirmative response to the query requesting to the second user to purchase the at least one product;
- and
- removing the at least one product from a shopping list of the first user.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions executable to cause performance of operations comprising:
- designating, by a first user of the device, a second user as a proxy shopper, the proxy shopper including at least one person authorized to make a purchase for the first user;
- designating, by the first user of the device, at least one product and at least one store for the purchase by the second user;
- receiving, over a first communication network, a query regarding whether to notify the second user to purchase the at least one product, the query including a location of the second user;
- transmitting, over the first communication network, an affirmative response to the query requesting to the second user to purchase the at least one product;
- and
- removing the at least one product from a shopping list of the first user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.