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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2018
Cardinalcommerce Corporation, Mentor, OH (US);
Francis Sherwin, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Chandra S. Balasubramanian, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
CardinalCommerce Corporation, Mentor, OH (US);
Abstract
A text message order processing system includes: means for receiving text messages from consumers purchasing products from one or more merchants, each of the text messages being addressed to an address selected by the consumer and including an identification of the product being purchased and an identification of a device from which the text message was sent; means for parsing each text messages to extract the identification of the product and the identification of the device from the text massage; means for selecting based upon each received text message a payment instrument to be used to pay for the purchase; means for establishing payment information related to the selected payment instrument and delivery information indicating where the purchased product is to be delivered; means for generating for each received text message an order including the established payment information, delivery information and identification of the product being purchased; and, means for submitting the generated order to an order management system of the merchant.