System and method with local and aggregated databases, assisted data entry, and targeted searching
OwnerCarol LaFlammeinventor
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Abstract
An online consignment shopping system supports an aggregated marketplace for consignment vendors. The online consignment shopping system has a network interface and one or more processors. The system receives a request for a consignment article that has user-specified measurements. The system searches through one or more inventory databases for a match to the request. The inventory database(s) have inventories of a plurality of consignment vendors. The system sends information about the matching consignment article that has the user-specified measurements, for potential purchase by the user.
Claims22
A database-searching network device, comprising:
- a network interface;
- and
- one or more processors, to:
- receive, through the network interface, a request from a user for information from an aggregation of information of a plurality of local databases;
- search through an aggregated database having the aggregation of information of the plurality of local databases, for a match to the request;
- and
- send, to the user through the network interface, the information that is from the aggregated database and matches the request.
An online consignment shopping system, comprising:
- a network interface;
- and
- one or more processors, to:
- receive, through the network interface, a request for a consignment article having one or more user-specified measurements, for potential purchase from an aggregated marketplace comprising a plurality of consignment vendors;
- search through one or more inventory databases having inventories of the plurality of consignment vendors for a match to the request, as the matching consignment article having the one or more user-specified measurements;
- and
- send, through the network interface, information about the matching consignment article having the one or more user-specified measurements, for the potential purchase.
A method for online consignment shopping, performed by a processing device, comprising:
- receiving, through a network, a request from a user for a consignment article having one or more user-specified measurements, for potential purchase from an aggregated marketplace comprising a plurality of consignment vendors;
- searching through one or more inventory databases having inventories of the plurality of consignment vendors to identify a match to the requested consignment article having the one or more user-specified measurements;
- and
- sending, to the user through the network, information about the match to the requested consignment article having the one or more user-specified measurements, for the potential purchase by the user.
A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions thereupon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- receive, through a network, a request from a user for a consignment article to have one or more user-specified measurements, for potential purchase by the user from an aggregated marketplace comprising a plurality of consignment vendors;
- search through one or more inventory databases having inventories of the plurality of consignment vendors for a match to the requested consignment article to have the one or more user-specified measurements;
- and
- send, to the user through the network, information about the match to the requested consignment article to have the one or more user-specified measurements, for the potential purchase by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.