WO2000039702B1 - System and method for browsing and comparing products - Google Patents

System and method for browsing and comparing products

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WO2000039702B1
WO2000039702B1 PCT/US1999/030317 US9930317W WO0039702B1 WO 2000039702 B1 WO2000039702 B1 WO 2000039702B1 US 9930317 W US9930317 W US 9930317W WO 0039702 B1 WO0039702 B1 WO 0039702B1
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product
products
competitor
information
page
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PCT/US1999/030317
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WO2000039702A2 (en
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George A Lopez
Robert Brown
Craig Perkins
Doug Bregman
Kevin Perkins
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Icu Medical Inc
George A Lopez
Robert Brown
Craig Perkins
Doug Bregman
Kevin Perkins
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Priority to AU23718/00A priority Critical patent/AU762028B2/en
Priority to CA002353932A priority patent/CA2353932A1/en
Priority to JP2000591530A priority patent/JP2002533839A/en
Priority to EP99967445A priority patent/EP1141860A2/en
Publication of WO2000039702A2 publication Critical patent/WO2000039702A2/en
Publication of WO2000039702A3 publication Critical patent/WO2000039702A3/en
Publication of WO2000039702B1 publication Critical patent/WO2000039702B1/en

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q30/00—Commerce
    • G06Q30/06—Buying, selling or leasing transactions
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q30/00—Commerce
    • G06Q30/06—Buying, selling or leasing transactions
    • G06Q30/0601—Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q30/00—Commerce
    • G06Q30/06—Buying, selling or leasing transactions
    • G06Q30/0601—Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
    • G06Q30/0623—Item investigation
    • G06Q30/0625—Directed, with specific intent or strategy
    • G06Q30/0629—Directed, with specific intent or strategy for generating comparisons

Abstract

A system and method permit a user to browse and compare products of a merchant using information about a competitor. In one embodiment of the system and method, a page server serves a competitor electronic page to a customer browser which permits the user to select a competitor. The competitor electronic page includes a hyperlink having a manufacturer ID parameter, which hyperlink, when selected, issues a request to the page server for competitor product information. The request includes the manufacturer ID. Responsive to that request, the page server uses the manufacturer ID to form a query to present to a product database having competitive product information, manufacturer information, product information and associations between that information. A database engine processes the query and returns records satisfying the query. The records are used to construct a competitor product electronic page permitting a user to select a competitor product. The page server serves the competitor product electronic page to the customer browser.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS
[received by the International Bureau on 12 January 2001 (12.01.01); new claims 15-16 added; remaining claims unchanged (1 page)]
15 A product browsing system comprising: a server computer having a network connection; a product database including first data representing a product, including second data representing a competing product, and including third data representing an association between said product and said competing product, said product database residing on a computer readable medium of the server computer; and a dynamic page file for generating an electronic store page, said dynamic page file including instructions to use said second data as a query parameter to obtain said first data from said product database, said first data included in said electronic store page, said electronic store page transmitted via said network connection.
16 A method for retrieving information about a product using information about another product, said method comprising: a step for storing in ormation on a first set of products; a step for storing information on a second set of products, a step for storing an association between the first set of products and the second set of products said association representing product similarity; a step for establishing communication between a client computer and a server computer a step for transmitting a product identifier representing a sub set of said first set of products to the server computer; and a step for receiving a competing product identifier representing a sub set of said second set of products.
PCT/US1999/030317 1998-12-16 1999-12-16 System and method for browsing and comparing products WO2000039702A2 (en)

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AU23718/00A AU762028B2 (en) 1998-12-16 1999-12-16 System and method for browsing and comparing products
CA002353932A CA2353932A1 (en) 1998-12-16 1999-12-16 System and method for browsing and comparing products
JP2000591530A JP2002533839A (en) 1998-12-16 1999-12-16 System and method for browsing and comparing products
EP99967445A EP1141860A2 (en) 1998-12-16 1999-12-16 System and method for browsing and comparing products

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US21313898A 1998-12-16 1998-12-16
US09/213,138 1998-12-16

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