Patent ID: 8626602
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A shopping and purchase support system and marketplace, comprising: an Internet based server; a central data repository including a database in communication with said Internet based server; information gathering software resident in said Internet based server for scraping the internet for consumer product-oriented web pages and classifying and indexing all of the information derived and storing said classified and indexed information in a database, said classified and indexed information at least including one or more product identifiers and corresponding advertised prices from each said consumer product-oriented web pages; a Rich Internet Application (RIA) client hosted on said Internet based server and installable onto a client device; a plurality of remote client devices each having a pre-installed user interface (UI) browser application, said RIA client being installable onto said remote client devices as a plug-in to said browser application to add specific capabilities to said browser application; whereby upon subscription of a client device said Rich Internet Application (RIA) client application is pushed onto said client device, and is accessible directly from any open web page loaded in said UI browser application to draw information from the central data repository; said RIA client including software instructions for mining product information at least including a product identifier and corresponding advertised price from an open web page loaded in said UI browser application, for comparing said product identifier and advertised price to said product identifiers and advertised prices stored in said server database, and for providing a visual indication that an advertised price for a corresponding product identifier stored in said server database is less than the advertised price for a matching product identifier from said open web page.