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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2011
Eric Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Gur Kimchi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Lili Cheng, Bellevue, WA (US);
Doug Burger, Bellevue, WA (US);
Stelios Paparizos, San Jose, CA (US);
Marc Davis, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eric Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Gur Kimchi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Lili Cheng, Bellevue, WA (US);
Doug Burger, Bellevue, WA (US);
Stelios Paparizos, San Jose, CA (US);
Marc Davis, San Francisco, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A marketplace server and method for facilitating purchase transactions are provided. A marketplace server may include a routing engine configured to receive an order for goods from a first computing device associated with a first customer, with the order including a first delivery address of the customer. The routing engine also calculates a delivery route to the first delivery address. An offer engine is configured to create an offer for other goods. The offer includes a shipping incentive associated with a second delivery address of a second customer. The offer may be targeted to the second customer based on a proximity of the second delivery address to the delivery route. The offer engine sends the offer to a second computing device associated with the second customer. Upon receiving an acceptance of the offer from the computing device, the offer engine processes a purchase transaction for the offer.