Social mobile shopping system
View Patent ↗Methods and system are provided for enhancing consumer shopping. The methods and systems allow consumers to more readily purchase products of interest to them. The consumers' ability to shop effectively and efficiently is enhanced while a payment provider, such as PayPal, Inc., and/or an online seller, such as eBay, is given a mechanism for recruiting new users. For example, a user's online searches and/or stored shopping list can be used to determine which products the user is interested in purchasing and the availability of at least some of these products can be provided to the user, along with directions to the nearest POS brick-and-mortar stores where the products can be purchased.
1. A system comprising:
one or more memories storing information regarding searches performed by a user;
one or more processors operable to:
access the information regarding searches;
mine the information regarding searches to identify products;
determine an affinity of the user for at least one of the products;
determine an availability of the products having an affinity greater than a predetermined amount; and
send a communication for display on a user device including the availability of the products having the affinity greater than the predetermined amount.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein determining the affinity comprises using a personalized recommendation API.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein determining the availability comprises using a product availability API.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the availability is for products sold by merchants within a predetermined area.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the processor(s) are further operable to determine a location of the user from a GPS of a user mobile device; and
the availability is for products sold by merchants within a predetermined distance of the location of the user.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor(s) are further operable to:
determine a route for a trip of the user; and
wherein the availability is for products sold by merchants along the route.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor(s) are further operable to obtain a shopping task list of the user from the user's mobile device.
8. A method comprising:
storing, in one or more memories, information regarding searches performed by a user;
accessing, electronically via one or more processors, the information regarding searches;
mining, electronically via the processor(s), the information regarding searches to identify products;
determining, electronically via the processor(s), an affinity of the user for each of the products;
determining, electronically via the processor(s), an availability of the products having an affinity greater than a predetermined amount; and
sending, electronically via the processor(s), a communication for display on a user device including the availability of the products having the affinity greater than the predetermined amount.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein determining the affinity comprises using a personalized recommendation API.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein determining the availability comprises using a product availability API.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the availability is for products sold by merchants within a predetermined area.
12. The method of claim 8 , wherein:
the processor(s) are further operable to determine, electronically via the processor(s), a location of the user from a GPS of a user mobile device; and
the availability is for products sold by merchants within a predetermined distance of the location of the user.
13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the processor(s) are further operable to:
determine, electronically via the processor(s), a route for a trip of the user; and
wherein the availability is for products sold by merchants along the route.
14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the processor(s) are further operable to obtain a shopping task list of the user from the user's mobile device.
15. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable and executable code for instructing one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising:
storing information regarding searches performed by a user;
accessing the information regarding searches;
mining the information regarding searches to identify products;
determining an affinity of the user for each of the products;
determining an availability of the products having an affinity greater than a predetermined amount; and
sending a communication for display on a user device including the availability of the products having the affinity greater than the predetermined amount.
16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein determining the affinity comprises using a personalized recommendation API.
17. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein determining the availability comprises using a product availability API.
18. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the availability is for products sold by merchants within a predetermined area.
19. The computer program product of claim 15 , further comprising:
determining a location of the user from a GPS of a user mobile device; and
wherein the availability is for products sold by merchants within a predetermined distance of the location of the user.
20. The computer program product of claim 15 , further comprising:
determining a route for a trip of the user; and
wherein the availability is for products sold by merchants along the route.
21. The computer program product of claim 15 , further comprising obtaining a shopping task list of the user from the user's mobile device.