Patent ID: 7590564
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving input, at an e-commerce site implemented on one or more computer devices, to add a user to a subscription for a subscription-based shipping program that provides two or more subscriber shipping options for at least some items offered on the e-commerce site for the duration of a subscription, wherein the user shares the subscription with one or more other users as subscribers to the subscription-based shipping program, and wherein each user that shares the subscription has a separate account via which the user accesses the e-commerce site; recording in a subscription database that the user has been added to the subscription, wherein the subscription database stores data for a plurality of subscriptions for the subscription-based shipping program, wherein the data for a particular subscription includes information indicating one or more users that share the particular subscription; for a plurality of users accessing the e-commerce site, determining whether each user is a subscriber to the subscription-based shipping program according to the subscription database; in response to determining that one of the users accessing the e-commerce site is a subscriber to the subscription-based shipping program, generating a user interface for the subscribed user providing the subscribed user the ability to select among the two or more subscriber shipping options for the at least some items offered on the e-commerce site; and in response to determining that a different one of the users accessing the e-commerce site is not a subscriber to the subscription-based shipping program, generating a user interface for the non-subscribed user providing the non-subscribed user the ability to select among one or more non-subscriber shipping options for the at least some items offered on the e-commerce site.