Patent ID: 8244590
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: storing data in a computer database regarding a plurality of products, said data including shipping data of said products, said computer database being associated with a multi-seller server; storing data regarding at least one seller, including the seller's shipping address; storing data regarding at least one buyer, including the buyer's shipping address and payment information; causing a product or service for sale to be displayed on a social networking platform separate from the multi-seller server; communicating between said social networking platform and said multi-seller server in substantially real time to update at least a portion of information describing said product or service offered for sale using a persistent connection or intermittent requests; calculating, using the multi-seller server, a shipping cost to a buyer based on the product shipping data, the address of a seller, and the address of said buyer; and in response to a selection by said buyer of the product or service displayed on the social networking platform, the selection being performed on a computer associated with said buyer, causing a pop-up single-page buy display window to be displayed on the computer associated with said buyer, said single-page buy display window including (a) an image of said product, (b) a description of said product, (c) a cost of said product, said cost including said shipping cost, and (d) a buy button, said single-page buy display window being displayed on the social networking platform for which the product or service displayed was selected by said buyer, wherein causing a single-page buy display window to be displayed includes communicating, from the multi-seller server to the computer associated with said buyer, at least some of the contents of the single-page buy display window such that it appears to said buyer that the buyer purchases the product or service directly from the social networking platform for which the product or service displayed was selected by said buyer.