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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2012
Vijeya Aravindan Anbalagan, San Jose, CA (US);
Rajeshwari Muthupandian, San Jose, CA (US);
Vijeya Aravindan Anbalagan, San Jose, CA (US);
Rajeshwari Muthupandian, San Jose, CA (US);
eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and system are provided for enhancing consumer shopping. The methods and systems allow consumers to more readily purchase products of interest to them. The consumers' ability to shop effectively and efficiently is enhanced while a payment provider, such as PayPal, Inc., and/or an online seller, such as eBay, is given a mechanism for recruiting new users. For example, a user's online searches and/or stored shopping list can be used to determine which products the user is interested in purchasing and the availability of at least some of these products can be provided to the user, along with directions to the nearest POS brick-and-mortar stores where the products can be purchased.