System for Reducing Communication Payload on an Electronic Commerce Network

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• a data bus coupled to the processor;
• and
• a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:
• storing, at a product host platform, product configuration data including,
• item identifiers associated with each item of a product configuration,
• descriptor data respectively associated with each item identifier, and
• a reductive identifier respectively associated with each item identifier,
• wherein the reductive identifier associated with each item identifier is generated, at least in part, from the descriptor data of the item identifier;
• transmitting the product configuration data from the product host platform to an order platform over a communication network;
• storing the product configuration data at the order platform;
• comparing the reductive identifiers stored in the product configuration data at the order platform with the reductive identifiers in the product configuration data stored at the product host platform;
• and
• communicating, over the communication network, updated product configuration data to the order platform for an item identifier when the reductive identifier for the item identifier stored at the order platform differs from the reductive identifier stored at the product host platform for the item identifier.

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:

• storing, at a product host platform, product configuration data including,
• item identifiers associated with each item of a product configuration,
• descriptor data respectively associated with each item identifier, and
• a reductive identifier respectively associated with each item identifier,
• wherein the reductive identifier associated with each item identifier is generated, at least in part, from the descriptor data of the item identifier;
• transmitting the product configuration data from the product host platform to an order platform over a communication network;
• storing the product configuration data at the order platform;
• comparing the reductive identifiers stored in the product configuration data at the order platform with the reductive identifiers in the product configuration data stored at the product host platform;
• and
• communicating, over the communication network, updated product configuration data to the order platform for an item identifier when the reductive identifier for the item identifier stored at the order platform differs from the reductive identifier stored at the product host platform for the item identifier.