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Patent US10511580
Issued 2019-12-17
System And Method For Providing A Social Media Shopping Experience
Disclosed is a process of providing social networking entity purchasing processes. A method includes receiving, from a posting entity and at the social networking entity, a posting. When the posting is associated with a product within a product catalog of the posting entity, the social networking entity transmits the posting through the social networking entity with an option to buy. When there is a correlation between the posting and the product catalog, and when the user makes a purchase of the product, the user is not transitioned away from the social networking entity. Initiating a process associated with the purchase of the product occurs within the social networking entity.
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- 1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a posting entity and at a social networking entity, a posting of at least one of text, an image or a video, wherein the social networking entity receives and transmits posted items from the posting entity to receiving entities; when a correlation exists between a product associated with the posting and a product database:
transmitting the image or the video through the social networking entity with a buy option associated with the product, wherein the buy option comprises one of a buy button, a drop-down menu, or a hyperlink;
receiving a purchase interaction associated with the buy option; and
initiating a purchase of the product based on the purchase interaction, wherein the initiating of the purchase occurs within the social networking entity; and
when there is no correlation between the product and the product database: transmitting the posting through the social networking entity.
- 7. A system comprising:
a processor; and a computer-readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a posting entity and at a social networking entity, a posting of at least one of text, an image or a video, wherein the social networking entity receives and transmits posted items from the posting entity to receiving entities;
when a correlation exists between a product associated with the posting and a product database:
transmitting the image or the video through the social networking entity with a buy option associated with the product, wherein the buy option comprises one of a buy button, a drop-down menu, or a hyperlink;
receiving a purchase interaction associated with the buy option; and
initiating a purchase of the product based on the purchase interaction, wherein
the initiating of the purchase occurs within the social networking entity; and
when there is no correlation between the product and the product database:
transmitting the posting through the social networking entity.
- 13. A method comprising:
transmitting, from a posting entity, a posting of at least one of text, an image or a video to a social networking entity, wherein the social networking entity receives and transmits posted items from the posting entity to receiving entities; sharing, from the posting entity, a product catalog with the social networking entity, wherein:
when the posting references a product in the product catalog, the social networking entity transmits the posting through the social networking entity with a buy option associated with the product, wherein the buy option comprises one of a buy button, a drop-down menu, or a hyperlink;
when a user interacts with the buy option, and based on a process of purchasing of the product being initiated within the social networking entity, receiving a notification from the social networking entity that the user has purchased the product; and
delivering the product to the user; and
when the posting does not reference the product in the product catalog, the social networking entity transmits the image or the video through the social networking entity.
