Patent ID: 11869028
Assignee: ECOMMERCE ENABLERS PTE. LTD.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system for presenting off-platform incentive information during shopping sessions conducted on a merchant platform by a consumer, the system comprising:
(a) a merchant server in data communication with a network during each shopping session,
(i) wherein the merchant server is configured during the shopping session to transmit pages including:
(1) product items;
(2) one or more merchant incentive options;
(3) payment service options; and
(4) one or more checkout pages;

(ii) wherein the merchant server is configured to request from the consumer during the shopping session:
(1) a selected payment service chosen from the payment service options; and
(2) a selected payment consumer identifier for the selected payment service;

(iii) wherein the one or more checkout pages together include:
(1) one or more selected product items chosen from the product items presented during the shopping session for purchase;
(2) a cost of items comprising a sum of fees for all of the one or more selected product items of the shopping session;
(3) one or more selected merchant incentives chosen from the one or more merchant incentive options presented during the shopping session for discount;
(4) the selected payment service chosen from the payment service options presented during the shopping session for payment;
(5) the selected payment consumer identifier of the shopping session; and
(6) a checkout price, wherein the checkout price equals the cost of items minus the one or more selected merchant incentives of the shopping session;

(b) one or more computing devices, each computing device including a display window, a user interface, and a page viewer,
(i) wherein each computing device is in data communication with the merchant server through the network during each shopping session;
(ii) wherein each computing device is configured to receive the pages during the shopping session from the merchant server, the pages including product items, each merchant incentive option, the payment service options, and each checkout page transmitted by the merchant server during the shopping session;
(iii) wherein the page viewer is configured to present on the display window during the shopping session the product items, each merchant incentive option, the payment service options, and each checkout page received by the computing device from the merchant server during the shopping session; and
(iv) wherein the page viewer is configured to present in one or more of the checkout pages during each shopping session an approve payment button;

(c) one or more payment servers in data communication with the network during each shopping session, each payment server configured to:
(i) store a plurality of payment consumer records, each payment consumer record identifying:
(1) a payment consumer identifier; and
(2) a payment service program with a payment service incentive; and

(ii) execute authorized payment requests related to each payment service identifier according to the payment service program and payment service incentive associated with the payment service identifier;

(d) one or more affiliate servers in data communication with the network,
(i) wherein each affiliate program includes an affiliate link set, an affiliate program incentive, and one or more partner payment services;
(ii) wherein each affiliate link set includes one or more identifiable links; and
(iii) wherein each affiliate server is configured to execute affiliate transactions linkable to each identifiable link according to the affiliate program and affiliate program incentive associated with the identifiable link; and

(e) an extension module integrated with the page viewer during each shopping session, the extension module comprising:
(i) a first capture module configured to capture from each checkout page of the shopping session:
(1) the cost of items;
(2) the one or more selected merchant incentives;
(3) the selected payment service;
(4) the selected payment consumer identifier; and
(5) the checkout price;

(ii) a second capture module configured to store or access the payment service incentive associated with the selected payment service and the selected payment consumer identifier;
(iii) a third capture module configured to:
(1) store or access the affiliate programs stored on the one or more affiliate servers;
(2) the affiliate link sets for the affiliate programs stored on the one or more affiliate servers;
(3) detect use of at least one identifiable link contained within the affiliate link sets of the affiliate program stored or accessed by the third capture module;
(4) identify the affiliate program for the at least one identifiable link detected during the shopping session;
(5) confirm eligibility of the shopping session for the affiliate program identified upon verification that the selected payment service is at least one of the partner payment services for the affiliate program identified; and
(6) cross reference the affiliate program incentive from the affiliate program confirmed as eligible;

(iv) a calculator module configured to calculate a total savings or an effective price for the one or more selected product items in each shopping session,
(1) wherein the effective price equals the cost of items minus a total savings applicable to the shopping session; and
(2) wherein the total savings is the sum of:
(a) the one or more selected merchant incentives;
(b) the payment service incentive associated with the selected payment service and the selected payment consumer identifier; and
(c) the affiliate program incentive from the affiliate program confirmed as eligible; and

(v) a page modifier configured to modify one of the checkout pages during the shopping session to present off-platform incentive information, the off-platform incentive information presented including at least one of:
(1) the total savings applicable to the shopping session; and
(2) the effective price applicable to the shopping session,

wherein subsequent to selection of the approved payment button by the consumer during the shopping session, the extension module is configured to send an affiliate sale confirmation to at least one of the merchant server and one of the affiliate servers,
wherein the page modifier is configured to present the off-platform incentive information presented in at least one of:
(a) a portion of a checkout page;
(b) a pop-up window;
(c) a hoverbox;
(d) an infotip; and
(e) a status bar.