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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Groupon, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Nathaniel Blake Scholl, Oakland, CA (US);
Andrew David Miner, Kent, WA (US);
Jason Alan Crawford, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
GROUPON, INC., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0613 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01);
Abstract
Merchandise content is aggregated from numerous merchant sources and presented on computing devices of individual users. Users are able to purchase select individual merchandise items by performing a simplified action, such as a screen tap on a touchscreen device. When the user performs the action, a series of actions are performed programmatically and/or automatically on behalf of the user to initiate and complete the transaction for the selected merchandise item from the merchant source.