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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2017
Wells Fargo Bank, N.a., San Francisco, CA (US);
Chris Kalaboukis, San Jose, CA (US);
Machu J. Latorre, Alameda, CA (US);
Marria Rhodriquez, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tleytmas N. Stephenson, Oakland, CA (US);
Evelyn Ujanen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for collaboratively purchasing an item. The method includes receiving a collaborative purchase request from a user at a collaborative purchasing computing system. The collaborative purchase request includes at least one of a purchase type, a purchase item, and a purchase goal. The method includes analyzing the collaborative purchase request to identify other users associated with the collaborative purchasing computing system that have indicated a desire to participate in a collaborative purchase request similar to the received collaborative purchase request. The method includes transmitting a collaborative purchase offer to the identified users. The method further includes receiving one or more collaborative purchase offer acceptances from one or more of the identified users, and providing details required to complete the collaborative purchase request to the user and the one or more identified users that accepted the collaborative purchase offer.