Virtual purchasing assistant

A computer processing system to facilitate remote purchasing of an item via a computer network comprising:

• at least one processor adapted to establish a private communication bridge via a server coupled to the computer network, the private communication bridge between a potential customer and a supplier which is not accessible to the public;
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• at least one memory including code which when executed perform a method including:
• providing a virtual purchasing assistant at the server to store a digital representation of a customer purchase profile including historical purchase information of the potential customer;
• providing a supplier portal from the server to the supplier via the computer network, and receiving, at the supplier portal, data representing a supplier specification of a time sensitive inventory item;
• providing a user portal from the server to the potential customer via the computer network, and receiving, at the user portal, data representing a customer specification from the potential customer of an expression of an interest in a purchase, the expression of the interest in the purchase comprising at least an interest lifetime where the expression of the interest expires after the interest lifetime;
• creating a real-time distribution channel between the potential customer and the supplier, via the private communication bridge, to facilitate a secure transaction between the potential customer and the supplier in which both have real-time exchange information sent to them from the server to facilitate a matching of the time sensitive inventory item available from the supplier and the purchase, the real-time distribution channel performing a matching of the customer specification and the supplier specification, wherein the real-time distribution channel is sustained during the interest lifetime;
• conducting an exchange, via the private communication bridge, wherein the inventory item is made available to the at least one potential customer based on the matching;
• analyzing historical purchase information to form a customer purchase profile;
• continuously searching, via an intelligent computer based artificial intelligence engine of the server, during the interest lifetime for another item other than the inventory item to suggest the potential customer acquire based on the customer purchase profile;
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• providing a notice, via the private communication bridge, to the potential customer via the real-time distribution channel that the another item is available to the potential customer.

A computer-readable memory device including code which when executed by at least one processor provides operations comprising:

• implementing a virtual purchasing assistant to store a digital representation of a user decision process when facing a purchase decision, including historical purchase information of the user;
• establishing a private communication bridge between the user and a supplier;
• receiving a customer specification from the user of an expression of an interest in a purchase, the expression of the interest in the purchase comprising at least an interest lifetime;
• receiving a supplier specification from a supplier of an inventory item;
• creating a real-time distribution channel, via the private communication bridge, to facilitate a secure transaction between the user and the supplier, the real-time distribution channel performing a matching of the customer specification and the supplier specification without direct interaction from the user, wherein the real-time distribution channel is sustained during the interest lifetime;
• conducting an exchange wherein the inventory item is made available, via the real-time distribution channel, to the user based on the matching;
• collecting historical purchase information from the user;
• analyzing the historical purchase information to form the digital representation;
• continuously searching, via an intelligent software based system, during the interest lifetime for another product other than the inventory item to suggest the user acquire based on the digital representation;
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• providing a notice from the intelligent software based system to the user via the real-time distribution channel that the another product is available and immediately actionable to the user.