Patent ID: 7793213
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of automatically providing information regarding a plurality of items for sale from a plurality of vendors to a user at user-specified intervals, the method comprising: receiving, from the plurality of vendors, product information associated with the plurality of items for sale; classifying the plurality of items for sale based on at least the product information from the plurality of vendors by associating each item for sale with one or more classification codes that identify one or more attributes of the item for sale and whereby classification data is stored in a database; updating the database based on the classification data associated with the plurality of items for sale; comparing a user's stored profile data to classification data associated with the plurality of items for sale; identifying one or more items of interest to the user from the plurality of items for sale associated with a plurality of vendor sites according to the user's stored profile data, wherein each item of interest is associated with a bargain list price and a bargain expiration date at which an offer for sale of the item of interest at the bargain list price expires; organizing the identified one or more items of interest according to the user's stored profile data by ordering the identified one or more items of interest in an order from highest interest to lowest interest as a function of the user's stored profile data; retrieving a document format for a document from the user's stored profile; retrieving a template based on the document format; establishing a connection with a mail server associated with an email address of the user; transmitting the template to the mail server; as the template is being transmitted to the mail server, filling fields in the template with the identified items of interest; and when the end of the template is reached, sending the document to the user, wherein the document is solely stored on the mail server.