Methods and systems supporting online shopping as a shared and social activity
AssigneeTransform Sr Brands LLC
InventorsVivek Bawge, Partha Ghosh
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Abstract
Certain embodiments of the disclosure relate to methods and systems that enable a consumer to electronically shop for products using a conventional electronic shopping cart such as are typically provided by online merchants, and to also create and manage one or more additional “shared” electronic shopping carts through which the end-user may automatically share details of such shopping activities with others using electronic means such as online social networks, short message services, and email, thereby enabling others to participate and assist in various shopping activities.
Claims24
1-21. (canceled)
A method, wherein the method comprises:
- via an application operable on a first communication device coupled to a network:
- generating a first shopping cart that stores product items selected by a first user of the first communication device and product items selected by one or more other users;
- performing a particular action upon the first shopping cart, in response to one of the one or more other users performing the particular action upon a second shopping cart;
- and
- sending a notification of the particular action performed upon the first shopping cart to a second communication device that has permission to view the first shopping cart.
A system, wherein the system comprises:
- a first communication device coupled to a network, wherein the first communication device is operable, via an application, to:
- generate a first shopping cart that stores product items selected by a first user of the first communication device and product items selected by one or more other users;
- perform a particular action upon the first shopping cart, in response to one of the one or more other users performing the particular action upon a second shopping cart;
- and
- send a notification of the particular action performed upon the first shopping cart to a second communication device that has permission to view the first shopping cart.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.