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DYNAMIC INTERACTIVE SHOPPING CART FOR E-COMMERCE
(76) Inventors:
(60)
Provisional application No. 60/889,661, ?led on Feb.
13, 2007.
Claudia Juliana Minsky, Santa
Barbara, CA (U S); Oliver Steele, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Margaret D.R. Minsky, Amherst, MA (U S) Correspondence Address:
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for retrieving and storing electronic catalog items; a second catalog items; and a device display mechanism for displaying
(21) Appl. No.:
12/030,724
(22) Filed:
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13,2008
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Related US. Application Data
DYNAMIC INTERACTIVE SHOPPING CART FOR E-COMMERCE
(76) Inventors:
(60)
Provisional application No. 60/889,661, ?led on Feb.
13, 2007.
Claudia Juliana Minsky, Santa
Barbara, CA (U S); Oliver Steele, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Margaret D.R. Minsky, Amherst, MA (U S) Correspondence Address:
Publication Classi?cation
(51) (52) (57)
Int. Cl.
G06Q 30/00
(2006.01)
G06F 3/048
(2006.01)
U.S. Cl. ......................................... .. 705/27; 715/765
ABSTRACT
CENTRAL COAST PATENT AGENCY, INC 3 HANGAR WAY SUITE D
A shopping cart utility for e-commerce has a ?rst Workspace
WATSONVILLE, CA 95076 (US)
Workspace for receiving speci?c ones or combinations of the
for retrieving and storing electronic catalog items; a second catalog items; and a device display mechanism for displaying
(21) Appl. No.:
12/030,724
(22) Filed:
Feb.
13,2008
the items and associated item information in one of a thumb
nail, collage, or list vieW. A user may reorder and reposition items in the collage vieW and Wherein the ?rst and second
Workspaces are functionally integrated.
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Patent Application Publication
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Patent Application Publication
Feb. 12, 2009 Sheet 2 of 59
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US 2009/0043674 A1
Consumer device 1_2Q
Web server process
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J
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200
202\ r
Page construction x process
216)
Image upload
20]
process
\
Catalog
cfltabg
search process
> dlsplay Process
" f
206
Server cart
‘
207
Image
manager process
editing -' process
Image construction process 213
-
216
Decorative
image table 211
21 0
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Catalog retrieval process
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