System and method for providing a single input field having multiple processing possibilities

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016155173-A1
Application number	US-201615018432-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 8, 2016
Priority date	Mar 31, 2014
Publication date	Jun 2, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods for providing a buy option to social networking communications from a merchant. The method includes receiving user input includes at least user text in an input field determining whether text based on the user input correlates to a product in a database of products for sale by a merchant. When there is not a product that correlates to the text, the system transmits the user input through the social networking site. When there is a product that correlates to the text, and thus indicating a sale-related intent, the system transmits the user input through the social networking site with a buy option associated with the user input and receives a purchase interaction associated with the buy option. The system processes a purchase of an item based on the purchase interaction.

First claim

We claim:

1 . A method comprising:
presenting an input field on a user interface of a social networking site, wherein the input field is associated with processing and transmitting short messages of 140 characters or less within the social networking site; receiving user input comprising at least user text in the input field; determining whether text based on the user input correlates to a product in a database of products for sale by a merchant to yield a correlation; and when there is not a product that correlates to the text:
transmitting the user input through the social networking site; and
when there is a product that correlates to the text, and thus indicating a sale-related intent:
transmitting the user input through the social networking site with a buy option associated with the user input;
receiving a purchase interaction associated with the buy option; and
processing a purchase of the product based on the purchase interaction.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the social networking site is Twitter.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the user input is associated with the database of products for sale from a merchant using the user input comprises communicating between the social networking site and the database of products via an application programming interface.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein processing delivery of the product comprises managing a payment for the product and informing the merchant selling the product through an application programming interface to ship the product.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a user has a pre-existing account storing preferences governing how a sale-related result and the buy option is presented.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the buy option comprises a one-click purchasing option.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the purchase interaction is received from a recipient of the user input.

8 . A system comprising:
a processor; and a computer-readable storage device storing instructions, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
presenting an input field on a user interface of a social networking site, wherein the input field is associated with processing and transmitting short messages of 140 characters or less within the social networking site;
receiving user input comprising at least user text in the input field;
determining whether text based on the user input correlates to a product in a database of products for sale by a merchant to yield a correlation; and
when there is not a product that correlates to the text:
transmitting the user input through the social networking site; and

when there is a product that correlates to the text, and thus indicating a sale-related intent:
transmitting the user input through the social networking site with a buy option associated with the user input;
receiving a purchase interaction associated with the buy option; and
processing a purchase of the product based on the purchase interaction.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the social networking site is Twitter.

10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein determining whether the user input is associated with the database of products for sale from a merchant using the user input comprises communicating between the social networking site and the database of products via an application programming interface.

11 . The system of claim 8 , wherein processing delivery of the product comprises managing a payment for the product and informing the merchant selling the product through an application programming interface to ship the product.

12 . The system of claim 8 , wherein a user has a pre-existing account storing preferences governing how a sale-related result and the buy option is presented.

13 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the buy option comprises a one-click purchasing option.

14 . The system of claim 8 , wherein receiving the purchase interaction is received from a recipient of the user input.

15 . A computer-readable storage device storing instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
presenting an input field on a user interface of a social networking site, wherein the input field is associated with processing and transmitting short messages of 140 characters or less within the social networking site; receiving user input comprising at least user text in the input field; determining whether text based on the user input correlates to a product in a database of products for sale by a merchant to yield a correlation; and when there is not a product that correlates to the text: transmitting the user input through the social networking site; and when there is a product that correlates to the text, and thus indicating a sale-related intent: transmitting the user input through the social networking site with a buy option associated with the user input; receiving a purchase interaction associated with the buy option; and processing a purchase of the product based on the purchase interaction.

16 . The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein the social networking site is Twitter.

17 . The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein determining whether the user input is associated with the database of products for sale from a merchant using the user input comprises communicating between the social networking site and the database of products via an application programming interface.

18 . The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein processing delivery of the product comprises managing a payment for the product and informing the merchant selling the product through an application programming interface to ship the product.

19 . The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein a user has a pre-existing account storing preferences governing how a sale-related result and the buy option is presented.

20 . The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein the buy option comprises a one-click purchasing option.

Assignees

• Monticello Entpr Llc

Inventors

• Isaacson Thomas M
• Durham Ryan C

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• G06F18/24

  Classification techniques · CPC title

• G06Q50/01

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06Q30/0617 Primary

  Representative agent · CPC title

• G06Q30/0625

  by formulating product or service queries, e.g. using keywords or predefined options · CPC title