Granted Patent B2

US 9,076,175 · App. 11/382,618 · Granted Jul 7, 2015

Inventors: Jorey Ramer (Brighton, MA); Adam Soroca (Cambridge, MA); Dennis Doughty (Brookline, MA)

Assignee: Millennial Media, Inc.

G06Q30/0603G06Q30/02

Abstract

Claims (18)

1. A system for mobile comparison shopping, the system comprising one or more computers having computer readable mediums having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of the one or more computers, causes the system to perform the steps of:

receiving a product selection from a mobile communication facility;

identifying merchants that sell products associated with the product selection;

receiving information relating to the mobile communication facility; and

presenting an ordered list of merchants selling the product, wherein the ordering is based at least in part on the information relating to the mobile communication facility.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile communication facility is a phone.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the product selection is received through a search query.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the search query is an explicit search.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the search query is an implicit search.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the product selection is received through a clickthrough.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the product selection is received through a barcode.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the product selection is received through a text entry.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the information relating to the mobile communication facility is a user characteristic.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the information relating to the mobile communication facility is a user history.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the information relating to the mobile communication facility is a user transaction.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the information relating to the mobile communication facility is a geographic location.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the information relating to the mobile communication facility is a time.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the information relating to the mobile communication facility is location.

Assignments (10)

Continuity (36)