Text messaging service based commerce system

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising stored instructions, the instructions when executed by a processor causes the processor to:

• generate programmatically product bundles for merchants based on user data associated with user devices and furthermore on products of the merchants;
• create a respective character representation for each of the generated product bundles, the character representation including:
• (i) a bundle modifier character that indicates an occurrence of the character representation within a text message;
• and (ii) a name string that describes its respective product bundle and that is adjacent to the bundle modifier character;
• receive a first text message via a network and from an OTT application of a user device;
• detect an occurrence of the character representation of a first one of the generated product bundles within the first text message;
• determine bundle data for the first one of the generated product bundles by referencing a database using the character representation, the bundle data defining at least one product, a quantity of the product, and a variant of the product;
• provide one or more second text messages via the network to the OTT application of the user device, the one or more second text messages including transaction data including the bundle data, payment data associated with the user device, and shipping data associated with the user device;
• and
• receive a third text message via the network from the user device confirming the transaction data.

A system for generating product bundles comprising:

• one or more databases of products of merchants, wherein the database includes information about product quantity, product variants, and shipping information;
• one or more databases of user profiles that associate users with their respective user devices and that stores user data, wherein user data indicate user behavior and preferences;
• a text interface module for conducting conversations with users via text messages exchanged to and from user devices;
• and
• a bundle analysis module that includes stored instructions that causes a processor to:
• access information from the databases;
• access, from the text interface module, text messages of a current conversation;
• apply natural language processing to the current conversation to analyze user intent;
• generate programmatically and store product bundles based on user data, products of the merchants, and analyses of user intent, wherein each product bundle specifies a product quantity and a product variant;
• and
• create and store a respective character representation for each of the generated product bundles, the character representation including:
• (i) a bundle modifier character that indicates an occurrence of the character representation within a text message;
• and (ii) a name string that describes its respective product bundle and that is adjacent to the bundle modifier character.