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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Subil M. Abraham, Plano, TX (US);
Rajaraman Hariharan, Bangalore, IN;
Ramakrishnan Kannan, Bangalore, IN;
Mathews Thomas, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Inventors:
Subil M. Abraham, Plano, TX (US);
Rajaraman Hariharan, Bangalore, IN;
Ramakrishnan Kannan, Bangalore, IN;
Mathews Thomas, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for collaborative shopping comprising shopping devices interconnected by a network and respectively used by shoppers in a collaborative shopping session, and virtual shopping carts respectively associated with the shopping devices for sharing information on items of interest among the shoppers and enabling the shoppers to collaborate on the shopping.