US2011184836A1PendingUtilityA1

System and method for list shopping over a computer network

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Assignee: LIN-HENDEL CATHERINEPriority: Apr 12, 2001Filed: Jan 27, 2011Published: Jul 28, 2011
Est. expiryApr 12, 2021(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Catherine Lin-Hendel
G06Q 30/06G06Q 10/02G06Q 40/08G06Q 30/0627G06F 16/951G06Q 30/0625G06Q 20/382G06Q 30/0635G06Q 30/0601
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Abstract

The present invention is a system for conducting commercial transactions over the Internet, whereby a shopper can simultaneously search for a plurality of items on at least one website with a single search command. The shopper can selectively specify the items of interest to be searched and can also specify and/or exclude websites to be searched. The system also searches a selectively alterable set of default website(s) and intelligently recommended website(s). Under one search command, the system simultaneously searches for all of the items on any combination of the following: site(s) specified by the user, a default website, an alterable set of default or intelligently recommended website(s). Information regarding the items retrieved as a result of the search is compiled under an alterable set of criteria, and displayed for viewing by the shopper. The shopper can simultaneously purchase selected ones of said items with one order command.

Claims

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1 . A system for conducting on-line commerce, comprising: means for simultaneously conducting a search for a plurality of items on a plurality of data sources, wherein a user selectively specifies the plurality of items to be searched. 
     
     
         2 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the means are implemented using software. 
     
     
         3 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of data sources is a website 
     
     
         4 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of data sources is a database. 
     
     
         5 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the user selectively specifies at least one of the pluralities of data sources to be searched. 
     
     
         6 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the software is selectively programmable to search at least one default data source. 
     
     
         7 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the results of the search are simultaneously displayed on a display device for viewing by the user, the results providing information regarding the plurality of items searched. 
     
     
         8 . The system according to  claim 7 , wherein the results of the search are displayed in a plurality of lists, each one of the plurality of lists displaying search results from a different one of the plurality of data sources searched. 
     
     
         9 . The system according to  claim 7 , wherein after the search is completed, the user can simultaneously purchase one or more of the plurality of items. 
     
     
         10 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the user can prioritize the order in which certain ones of the plurality of data sources are to be searched. 
     
     
         11 . The system according to  claim 7 , wherein the user can specify criteria by which the results of the search are displayed. 
     
     
         12 . The system according to  claim 6 , wherein the user can exclude the at least one selectively programmed data source from being searched. 
     
     
         13 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the means prompts the user to specify information regarding the plurality of items to be searched. 
     
     
         14 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the means prompts the user to select certain ones of the plurality of items to be included in the search. 
     
     
         15 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the means prompts the user to exclude certain ones of the plurality of items from being included in the search. 
     
     
         16 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the means enables a user to simultaneously search for different types of items. 
     
     
         17 . The system according to  claim 8 , wherein if a particular one of the plurality of data sources that was searched does not have a particular one of the plurality of items available for sale, the list for that particular data source indicates if any of the other plurality of data sources has the item available for sale.

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