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US 8,788,368 B2Granted
Methods, systems, and products for electronic purchases
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsBarrett M. Kreiner, Ronald Perrella
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Abstract
An electronic shopping cart may reference multiple items from different merchants. Any merchant may inspect the electronic shopping cart and make counteroffers to a purchaser. If the purchaser approves one of the counteroffers, then an item in the electronic shopping cart is replaced with a substitute item offered by a different merchant.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving an electronic shopping cart at a server associated with a merchant;
- inspecting the electronic shopping cart for an item selected for purchase from a different merchant;
- determining a substitute item offered by the merchant;
- recommending replacement of the item in the electronic shopping cart with the substitute item offered by the merchant;
- sending a notification from the merchant to the different merchant, the notification describing the replacement of the item from the electronic shopping cart;
- and
- receiving a counteroffer from the different merchant, the counteroffer comprising an updated price for the item in the electronic shopping cart.
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A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing code that when executed causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving an electronic shopping cart at a server associated with a merchant;
- inspecting the electronic shopping cart for an item selected for purchase from a different merchant;
- determining a substitute item offered by the merchant;
- recommending replacement of the item in the electronic shopping cart with the substitute item offered by the merchant;
- sending a notification from the merchant to the different merchant, the notification describing the replacement of the item in the electronic shopping cart;
- and
- receiving a counteroffer from the different merchant, the counteroffer comprising an updated price for the item in the electronic shopping cart.
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A memory storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving an electronic shopping cart associated with a merchant;
- inspecting the electronic shopping cart for an item selected for purchase from a different merchant;
- determining a substitute item offered by the merchant;
- recommending replacement of the item in the electronic shopping cart with the substitute item offered by the merchant;
- sending a notification from the merchant to the different merchant, the notification describing the replacement of the item in the electronic shopping cart;
- and
- receiving a counteroffer from the different merchant, the counteroffer comprising an updated price for the item in the electronic shopping cart.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.