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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2010
James Yu, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Jason Ruud, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Greg Franczyk, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Robert Roy, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Brian Jordan, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Tony Liu, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Kelly Wical, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
James Yu, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Jason Ruud, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Greg Franczyk, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Robert Roy, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Brian Jordan, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Tony Liu, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Kelly Wical, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Sears Brands, L.L.C., Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Abstract
A retailer computer system facilitates the purchase of products that are determined to be useful in the performance of a task by presenting to a consumer a first user interface by which the consumer may select a task from a repository of tasks, each task stored in the repository of tasks having documented instructions, such as a recipe, for performing the task, by presenting in a web page the documented instructions of the selected task, by using one or more keywords within the documented instructions of the selected task to select at least one product from an electronic product catalog, the selected at least one product being one or more of a part, such as a recipe ingredient, and a tool, such as an appliance, usable in performing the task, and by presenting to the consumer a second user interface for allowing the consumer to purchase via use of an online retail channel the selected at least one product.