Intel Corporation

John Du

Kingsum Chow

John B Vicente

Rajiv Choudhary

An online shopping basket is acquired by a buyer from an online store and is customized according to rules specified by the buyer. The buyer places zero or more items in the online shopping basket(s) before they are given to at least one shopper by the online store. The shopper(s) may further customize the online shopping basket(s) with rules that do not conflict with those specified by the buyer. The shopper(s) then place zero or more items in the online shopping basket(s) and return the basket(s) to the online store. Multiple online shopping baskets are merged into a single basket, and the buyer reviews the items in the merged online shopping basket and adds or removes items as necessary. The buyer then purchases the remaining items from the online store.

Business process and apparatus for online purchases using a rule-based transferable shopping basket

Systems and methods are described herein to virtualize functions and decentralize services in a flat-graph network of client devices. Other embodiments include apparatus and systems of devices comprising virtual node modules to perform a variety of service functions. Further embodiments include methods for overlaying service functions on a flat-graph network of client devices.

Systems and methods for virtualizing functions and decentralizing service delivery in a flat network of interconnected personal devices

Systems and methods are described herein to virtualize functions and decentralize services in a flat-graph network of client devices. Other embodiments include apparatus and systems of devices comprising virtual node modules to perform a variety of service functions. Further embodiments include methods for overlaying service functions on flat-graph network of client devices.

A transferable online shopping basket is used in a business process and apparatus for online shopping at online stores. At least one online shopping basket is acquired by a buyer from an online store and is customized according to rules specified by the buyer. The buyer places zero or more items in the online shopping basket(s) before they are given to at least one shopper by the online store. The shopper(s) may further customize the online shopping basket(s) with rules that do not conflict with those specified by the buyer. The shopper(s) then place zero or more items in the online shopping basket(s) and return the basket(s) to the online store. An e-mail is sent to the buyer notifying the buyer the shopper(s) are finished shopping. Multiple online shopping baskets are merged into a single basket, and the buyer reviews the items in the merged online shopping basket and adds or removes items as necessary. The buyer then purchases the remaining items from the online store. The process may be repeated for additional shoppers.

A system and method of publicizing a schedule of upcoming events over the Internet. Visitors to an events website are able to browse various schedules of upcoming events, called events pages, publicize by the entities that are sponsoring the events. Furthermore, such visitors may become a subscriber of one or more events pages that he/she has an interested in. Once the visitor becomes a subscriber, he/she may receive automatic notification via e-mail when the events page(s) that he/she has subscribed to is/are updated or changed. Additionally, if the subscriber has a commercially available Internet-linked calendar or obtains a subscriber calendar, this invention allows such subscribers to automatically update their Internet-linked calendar or subscriber calendar to comprise the events contained in the events page(s) they have subscribed to.

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Beaverton, OR, United States of America

John Du