Social network for shopping

US8224707B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• United Services Automobile Association (USAA) · US

Inventors

• Arthur Quentin Smith · Fredericksburg, US
• Bharat Prasad · San Antonio, US
• Bradly Jay Billman · San Antonio, US
• Charles Lee Oakes, III · Boerne, US
• Reynaldo Medina, III · San Antonio, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 20, 2008
• Grant date: Jul 17, 2012
• Expiry date: Jul 16, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0601
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A social network for shopping may be provided in which a user may provide a listing of an item they would like and the identity of a seller the item may be retrieved from. Another user may agree to pick up the item from the seller and deliver the item, perhaps for a small fee. The listing of the item may be posted on a website, sent to other users by a web feed such as RSS, sent by a text message, instant message, email, or communicated in any other manner to one or more users, etc. Alternatively, a user may post the identity of a seller that they are going to and ask if any users would like any items picked up from the seller and delivered to them, perhaps for a small fee.