Determining complementary product content from primary product document information and providing such complementary product content in association with the primary product document, in an online environment
US8200531B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 23, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jun 12, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0255
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
When purchasing a product or service from an online merchant (“first merchant”), e-commerce consumers might want to purchase a complementary product and/or service not offered by the first merchant. Such consumers are provided with an opportunity to purchase or otherwise learn about such complementary products and/or services, and secondary merchants are provided with the opportunity to sell or market such complimentary products and/or services in a way that would not jeopardize the first merchant's sale, and indeed, in a way that might provide a benefit to the first merchant.
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