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Electronic commerce system utilizing custom merchant calculations
US9105059B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-9105059-B2 |
| Application number | US-42683306-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Jun 27, 2006 |
| Priority date | Jun 27, 2006 |
| Publication date | Aug 11, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 11, 2015 |
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A customer interacts with merchants to identify items to purchase, and the merchants provide virtual shopping carts identifying the items to a broker. The cart requests that the broker utilize custom merchant calculations for the transaction, such as for determining shipping costs. The customer interacts with the broker to identify customer information, such as a shipping address, and to purchase the items. The broker sends the customer information to the merchant and requests that the merchant perform the custom calculations. If the merchant provides a valid response to the request, the broker uses the merchant calculations to calculate the total price for the transaction. If the merchant provides an invalid response, the broker utilizes backup calculations specified in the cart to calculate the price.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A computer-implemented method of conducting an electronic commerce transaction with a customer, comprising: receiving, by a broker computer system, data representative of a virtual shopping cart for a customer from a remote merchant, the cart identifying an item offered by the merchant for purchase in an electronic commerce transaction by the customer and indicating that a custom calculation is used for the electronic commerce transaction; identifyin…
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- What does patent US9105059B2 cover?
- A customer interacts with merchants to identify items to purchase, and the merchants provide virtual shopping carts identifying the items to a broker. The cart requests that the broker utilize custom merchant calculations for the transaction, such as for determining shipping costs. The customer interacts with the broker to identify customer information, such as a shipping address, and to purcha…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Gluzberg Eugene, Dierks Timothy M, Google Inc
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification G06Q30/06. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Aug 11 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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- We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).