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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2016
Predictspring, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Nitin Mangtani, Los Altos, CA (US);
Pranav Wankawala, Fremont, CA (US);
Alex Martinovic, Cupertino, CA (US);
PredictSpring, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
The methods and apparatuses described herein generally relate to providing a platform for allowing a website user to select a product for purchase at a non-merchant website. For example, a commerce engine can receive a request to review product information from a non-merchant website, and can translate the request into a format that can be understood by at least one merchant server using at least one type of commerce platform. The commerce engine can send the translated requests to at least one merchant server, and the merchant servers that receive the requests can determine information about the product (e.g., remaining inventory at particular merchants, product price, and/or other product details). The merchant servers can provide this information to the commerce engine, which can send the product information to the non-merchant website. The commerce engine can also facilitate a transaction with the merchant server, based on the product information returned by the non-merchant website.