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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019

Filed:

May. 08, 2015
Applicant:

Wal-mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR (US);

Inventors:

Nathan Stoll, San Francisco, CA (US);

Andrew Mark Ellerhorst, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/21 (2018.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0631 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0214 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0635 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.02); H04L 51/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiments, initiation of purchase transaction in response to a reply to a recommendation comprises a method. The method comprises, at a computer system having one or more processors and non-transitory memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, detecting a recommendation associated with a first user, the recommendation associated with a product or service. The method further comprises detecting a response from a second user to the recommendation, determining whether the response from the second user comprises a purchase decision, and in accordance with a determination that the response from the second user comprises the purchase decision, initiating a transaction for the second user to purchase the product or service associated with the recommendation. Other embodiments are described herein.


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