Unified Checkout System for Multi-Retailer Gesture Orders
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional e-commerce methods require users to perform separate transactions for purchasing multiple entities located on distinct web sites with different checkout systems, lacking the ability to provide alternate entities or retailers outside of a singular checkout system.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for fulfilling multiple e-commerce orders using a single gesture input, which involves extracting information from multiple web pages, generating visual map representations, and providing alternate options when entities are unavailable, allowing for automated or human-intervention-based order fulfillment across different retailers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users perform separate transactions on multiple distinct e-commerce websites, then each transaction can be completed using the respective website's native checkout system, but the user must perform multiple separate operations and cannot access alternate entities or retailers across different platforms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate e-commerce transactions into a single unified transaction. The system aggregates entities from different retailers and checkout systems, allowing users to purchase multiple entities across distinct platforms through one consolidated checkout process, thereby reducing the number of separate operations required while maintaining access to diverse retailers
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a universal checkout interface that can handle transactions across multiple distinct e-commerce platforms. This single checkout system serves multiple functions by interfacing with various retailer systems, providing users with the ability to access and purchase from alternate entities and retailers across different platforms through a common transaction mechanism
2Extent of automation
If a single gesture initiates multiple order fulfillments across distinct websites, then user involvement is reduced and automation increases, but the system complexity increases to handle multiple checkout systems
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary layer between the user's single gesture input and the multiple distinct checkout systems. This intermediary component receives the single gesture, processes the order fulfillment requests, and automatically interfaces with various retailer systems, thereby achieving high automation while managing system complexity through a centralized mediation mechanism
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring and storing information about multiple entities and their associated checkout systems before the user initiates the transaction. When a single gesture is received, the system has already prepared the necessary data and pathways to execute multiple order fulfillments automatically, reducing real-time processing complexity
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AI summary
Disclosed is a system and method for fulfilling orders for multiple entities located on websites with distinct entity checkout systems with a single user input. The process for fulfilling orders for two entities includes receiving a first indication to purchase a first entity and a second indication to purchase a second entity, where the first entity is associated with a first retailer and the second entity is associated with a second retailer. The method also includes extracting information associated with the first and second entities from the respective web pages where the entities are available for purchase, and receiving a user input to initiate order fulfillment. The method further includes checking the availability of the entities at their respective retailers and providing alternate entities and/or retailers, if applicable. The method is completed by deploying fulfillment agents and purchase agents for completing the transactions.