Patent ID: 9336550
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method for generating sales through interactive digital content within digital media, said method employing a sales management system comprising at least one processor configured to execute computer program instructions for performing said method, said method comprising: dynamically integrating one or more of a plurality of electronic commerce service providers within said sales management system for facilitating purchase of a plurality of sale items from within said digital media; displaying said digital media comprising said interactive digital content on a consumer device via a graphical user interface provided by said sales management system, wherein said interactive digital content is configured to promote said sale items that are available for said purchase from within said digital media, and wherein each of said sale items is mapped to one or more related sale items; inserting an indicator element at a predefined location within said interactive digital content in said digital media by said sales management system, wherein said indicator element is configured to invoke a display of a plurality of sale item indicators; displaying one or more of said sale item indicators positioned proximal to said sale items within said interactive digital content in said digital media on said consumer device via said graphical user interface when said indicator element is activated, wherein each of said one or more of said sale item indicators is associated with one of said sale items that is available for said purchase from within said interactive digital content in said digital media on said consumer device; retrieving sale item information associated with said one of said sale items or related sale items, and selecting one of said electronic commerce service providers for completing said purchase of said one of said sale items or related sale items, by said sales management system when one of said one or more of said sale item indicators associated with said one of said sale items is activated within said interactive digital content in said digital media via said graphical user interface; displaying a dynamic interactive display element linked to said one of said activated one of said one or more of said sale item indicators within said digital media on said consumer device via said graphical user interface, wherein said dynamic interactive display element is configured to display said retrieved sale item information and provide purchasing options for facilitating said purchase of said one of said sale items or related sale items; and rendering a content display interface associated with said selected one of said electronic commerce service providers within said dynamic interactive display element by said sales management system based on a selection of one of said purchasing options for initiating purchase of said one of said sale items from within said dynamic interactive display element and thereby generating said sales through said interactive digital content within said digital media.