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US 7,689,470 B2Granted
Method and medium for selecting a merchant for a trial mode of a delivery service
AssigneeCfph, LLC
InventorHoward W. Lutnick
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AssigneeCfph, LLC
InventorHoward W. Lutnick
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Disclosure includes selecting a merchant from a plurality of merchants, enabling a trial mode for the merchant, during the trial mode, receiving an indication of a first order for the merchant, forwarding the indication of the first order to the merchant, allocating a first payment for the first order to the merchant, requesting an acceptance of a membership status from the merchant, and receiving an indication of the payment for the first order.
A method comprising:
A tangible computer readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, that when executed by a computer processor, cause the computer to perform the following steps:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Managing shopping lists, e.g. compiling or processing purchase lists: replenishment orders; recurring orders
Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management: shipping
Involving remote charge determination or related payment systems: involving a third party
Specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems: bill distribution or payments
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The accompanying drawings are not intended to be drawn to scale. In the drawings, each identical or similar component that is illustrated in various figures is represented by a like numeral. For purposes of clarity, not every component may be labeled in every drawing. In the drawings:
FIG. 1 illustrates a computer system architecture that may be used to perform one or more acts in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention;
FIG. 2 illustrates an example diagram of a referral service in which the referral service provides order referral and delivery services;
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A reference to “another embodiment” in describing an embodiment does not imply that the referenced embodiment is mutually exclusive with another embodiment (e.g., an embodiment described before the referenced embodiment), unless expressly specified otherwise.
The terms “including”, “comprising”, “having”, “containing”, “involving”, and variations thereof mean “including but not limited to”, unless expressly specified otherwise. The terms “a”, “an” and “the” mean “one or more”, unless expressly specified otherwise. The term “plurality” means “two or more”, unless expressly specified otherwise. The term “herein” means “in the present application, including anything which may be incorporated by reference”, unless expressly specified otherwise.