System and method for automatic fulfillment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11113739-B2
Application number	US-201916286434-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2019
Priority date	Jan 31, 2007
Publication date	Sep 7, 2021
Grant date	Sep 7, 2021

Abstract

Examples of a method and system for collaborative and private sessions are provided. In some aspects a collaborative shopping session including a first user and one or more other users is established. The establishing of the session including displaying a common interface for the collaborative shopping session at respective computer systems of the first user and each of the one or more other users. A side session is initiated for a second user, the side session having a different interface in which activity within the side session by the second user is not shared with the first user or the one or more other users of the collaborative shopping session. A determination, based on one or more merge criterion, of whether to merge the side session with the collaborative session is made; and the side session is merged with the collaborative session based on the determining.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, from a first computing device, a request to establish a collaborative shopping session with a second computing device on a network-based marketplace;
in response to receiving the request, transmitting information corresponding to the collaborative shopping session to the second computing device;
using the information to establish the collaborative shopping session between the first computing device and the second computing device;
when the collaborative shopping session is established, displaying a common interface associated with the collaborative shopping session on the first computing device and the second computing device;
granting control of a cursor provided in the common interface associated with the collaborative shopping session to the first computing device; and
in response to received input, alternating control of the cursor provided in the common interface associated with the collaborative shopping session.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information corresponding to the collaborative shopping is transmitted to the second computing device over a messaging application.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving an order request for an item during the collaborative shopping session.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the received input is a cursor movement request received from the second computing device.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying a cursor control notification in the common interface.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising detecting a selection of an item on the common interface based, at least in part, on a detected input associated with a position of the cursor.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising navigating to another webpage associated with the network-based marketplace in response to received input from one or more of the first computing device or the second computing device.

8. A system, comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform operations, comprising:
establishing a collaborative shopping session between a first computing device and a second computing device on a network-based marketplace;
displaying a common interface associated with the collaborative shopping session on the first computing device and the second computing device;
granting control of a cursor provided in the common interface associated with the collaborative shopping session to first computing device; and
in response to received input, alternating control of the cursor provided in the common interface associated with the collaborative shopping session.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the collaborative shopping session is established between the first computing device and the second computing device in response to a request received by the first computing device.

10. The system of claim 8 , further comprising instructions for determining an authority level of the first computing device and the second computing device.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein granting control of the cursor is based, at least in part, on the authority level.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the received input is a cursor movement request received from the second computing device.

13. The system of claim 8 , further comprising instructions for displaying a cursor control notification in the common interface.

14. The system of claim 8 , further comprising instructions for detecting a selection of an item on the common interface based, at least in part, on a detected input associated with a position of the cursor.

15. The system of claim 8 , further comprising instruction for navigating to another webpage associated with the network-based marketplace in response to received input from one or more of the first computing device or the second computing device.

16. A method, comprising:
establishing a collaborative shopping session between a first computing device and a second computing device on a network-based marketplace;
displaying a common interface associated with the collaborative shopping session on the first computing device and the second computing device;
granting control of a cursor provided in the common interface associated with the collaborative shopping session to first computing device; and
transferring control of the cursor from the first computing device to the second computing device in response to a request received from the second computing device.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising displaying a second cursor in the user interface, the second cursor being controlled by one of the first computing device or the second computing device.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the cursor has a first display property and the second cursor has a second display property that is different from the first display property.

19. The method of claim 16 , further comprising detecting a selection of an item on the common interface based, at least in part, on a detected input associated with a position of the cursor.

20. The method of claim 16 , further comprising navigating to another webpage associated with the network-based marketplace in response to received input from one or more of the first computing device or the second computing device.

Assignees

• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Gould Helen M
• Garcia Edward O'Neill
• Melcher Ryan
• Lagunas Diego
• Bolivar Alvaro
• Anderson Jennifer T
• Susilo Karenina
• Spoon Ryan
• Lewis Alan

Classifications

• H04L67/53

  using third party service providers · CPC title

• H04L67/535

  Tracking the activity of the user (network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34) · CPC title

• G06Q30/06

  Buying, selling or leasing transactions · CPC title

• G06Q30/0641

  utilising user interfaces specially adapted for shopping · CPC title

• G06Q10/10

  Office automation; Time management · CPC title