Patent ID: 9710802
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a server computer, a product identifier in an authorization request message at a server computer for a product after the product has been purchased in a transaction conducted by a user with a first merchant computer of a first merchant, the product having a first merchant price; accessing, by the server computer, a database including product data associated with the product identifier and a plurality of notification templates; selecting, by the server computer, the product data associated with the product identifier stored in the database; selecting, by the server computer, a notification template based on the product data from the plurality of notification templates stored in the database; formatting, using the server computer, a product alert indicator, by populating the selected notification template with at least a portion of the product data associated with the product identifier, the product data including a second merchant price of the product from a second merchant; sending, by the server computer, the product alert indicator to a user device operated by the user; and after sending the product alert indicator, receiving the product identifier in a second authorization request message from a second merchant computer associated with the second merchant, wherein the product identifier is associated with the product in a second transaction conducted with the user with the second merchant computer.