User interface, system and method for performing a web-based transaction
View Patent ↗Disclosed is a computer with a user interface, the computer including central processing units, memories, and network interfaces, a program code that performs a search and transaction based on user input, the interface displaying in conjunction with code execution, an input environment adapted to search criteria input, the criteria defining a search for desired entities, the program code establishing a search engine that searches on different web sources to generate a search result, the engine searching using a combination of different input entities, a first entity and a second entity includable in the different entities, the engine searching for the configuration, the different entities being purchasable from different web sources, the engine searching on different web sources for the combination, and presenting found configurations, the engine providing at least one order input determined by at least one found configuration, the system taking mutual dependencies between the entities into consideration.
1. A method, comprising:
identifying a first plurality of text strings of a first data source of a first web server;
combining the text strings of the first plurality into a first entity comprising first attributes each of which corresponds to a respective one of the text strings of the first plurality;
identifying a second plurality of text strings of a second data source of a second web server that is different than the first web server;
combining the text strings of the second plurality into a second entity that is different than the first entity, the second entity comprising second attributes each of which corresponds to a respective one of the text strings of the second plurality;
generating a database that includes the first and second entities;
responsive to receiving a query comprising a combination of attribute selections, performing a search using the generated database that includes the first and second entities to select a subset of the first and second entities that corresponds to the combination of attribute selections; and
causing the entity of the selected subset to be presented on a user terminal from which the query originated.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first attributes is different than at least one of the second attributes.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first entity corresponds to a different type of good or service than the second entity.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selection is response to an access to one of the web servers, the access without the transferring of unique ID coding of a good or service corresponding to the entity of the selected subset from the accessed web server.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the received query comprises a conditional order, and wherein the method further comprises:
determining whether a condition is met; and
causing an order to be sent to the web server that corresponds to the entity of the selected subset responsive to determining that the condition is met.
6. A memory device having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:
identifying a first plurality of text strings of a first data source of a first web server; combining the text strings of the first plurality into a first entity comprising first attributes each of which corresponds to a respective one of the text strings of the first plurality; identifying a second plurality of text strings of a second data source of a second web server that is different than the first web server;
combining the text strings of the second plurality into a second entity that is different than the first entity, the second entity comprising second attributes each of which corresponds to a respective one of the text strings of the second plurality;
generating a database that includes the first and second entities;
responsive to receiving a query comprising a combination of attribute selections, performing a search using the generated database that includes the first and second entities to select a subset of the first and second entities that corresponds to the combination of attribute selections; and
causing the entity of the selected subset to be presented on a user terminal from which the query originated.
7. The memory device of claim 6 , wherein at least one of the first attributes is different than at least one of the second attributes.
8. The memory device of claim 7 , wherein the first entity corresponds to a different type of good or service than the second entity.
9. The memory device of claim 6 , further comprising transferring the combination of attribute selections to a calculation model, and wherein said presenting comprising causing an output of the calculation model to be displayed on the user terminal.
10. The memory device of claim 6 , wherein the entity of the selected subset comprises one of the first and second entities and a third entity, and wherein the selecting comprises taking a mutual dependency associated with the combination of entity selections into consideration.
11. The memory device of claim 10 , wherein the mutual dependency comprises an appraisal corresponding to the entity of the selected subset.
12. The memory device of claim 10 , wherein the mutual dependency comprises delivery costs to be added to the price of the entity of the selected subset.
13. The memory device of claim 10 , wherein said mutual dependency comprises discount information for purchasing the entity of the selected subset from a single provider.
14. The memory device of claim 10 , wherein said mutual dependency comprises compatibility information.
15. The memory device of claim 6 , further comprising placing an order for a good or service corresponding to the selected entity of the selected subset response to a user selection from the presentation.
16. The memory device of claim 6 , wherein the selection is response to an access to one of the web servers, the access without the transferring of unique ID coding of a good or service corresponding to the entity of the selected subset from the accessed web server.
17. The memory device of claim 6 , wherein the received query comprises a conditional order, and wherein the operations further comprise:
determining whether a condition is met; and
causing an order to be sent to the web server that corresponds to the entity of the selected subset responsive to determining that the condition is met.
18. An apparatus, comprising:
means for identifying a first plurality of text strings of a first data source of a first web server and a second plurality of text strings of a second data source of a second web server that is different than the first web server;
means for combining the text strings of the first plurality into a first entity comprising first attributes each of which corresponds to a respective one of the text strings of the first plurality and the text strings of the second plurality into a second entity that is different than the first entity, the second entity comprising second attributes each of which corresponds to a respective one of the text strings of the second plurality; and
means for searching selecting the first and second entities to select a subset of the first and second entities that corresponds to a combination of attribute selections responsive to receiving a query comprising the combination of attribute selections.
19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the selection is response to an access to one of the web servers, the access without the transferring of unique ID coding of a good or service corresponding to the entity of the selected subset from the accessed web server.
20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the received query comprises a conditional order, and the apparatus further comprises:
means for determining whether a condition is met; and
means for causing an order to be sent to the web server that corresponds to the entity of the selected subset responsive to determining that the condition is met.