System and method for creating and sharing purchasing lists on a network

US6925444B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. · US

Inventors

• William G. McCollom · Fort Collins, US
• Robert King Ables · Drake, US
• Jacqueline Ann Bray · Fort Collins, US
• Carolyn Soberalske Cotten · Hotchkiss, US
• Martin R Fink · Palo Alto, US
• Shane Douglas Meyer · Windsor, US
• Silvi Kiisk Steigerwald · Fort Collins, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 1, 1998
• Grant date: Aug 2, 2005
• Expiry date: Dec 22, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0277
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method create and share purchasing lists in a network system. The system and method utilize a consumer user interface. The consumer user interface provides the consumer the ability to create a purchase list by receiving advertisement data on the consumer device, selecting an item desired for purchase, identifying the purchase list for the item to be saved, creating the purchase list if the purchase list identified does not exist, and saving the item to the identified purchase list. The consumer user interface further provides the consumer the ability to share a purchase list by identifying a purchase list to be shared, converting the purchase list to the appropriate format, identifying a recipient of the purchase list, and transmitting the purchase list to the recipient.