Patent ID: 8738461
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for presenting popular products that are in-stock at a merchant location, the method comprising the steps of: creating, by one or more computing devices, an electronic document for a merchant corresponding to a physical location of the merchant, the electronic document comprising information regarding the merchant's physical location; estimating, by the one or more computing devices, whether one or more products are in stock at the physical location of the merchant, wherein the estimating comprises, for each of the one or more products: populating, by the one or more computing devices, a product availability database with product inventory that is in stock at the merchant's physical location based at least in part on the estimation that the one or more products are in stock; populating, by the one or more computing devices, a product popularity database with popular products by identifying a popularity of each product relative to at least one other product; comparing, by the one or more computing devices, information from the product popularity database with information from the product availability database to identify at least two products that are (1) identified as popular in the product popularity database relative to at least one other product and (2) estimated as in stock at the merchant's physical location as identified in the product availability database; populating, by the one or more computing devices, the electronic document with the at least two popular products that are estimated as in stock at the merchant's physical location; and presenting, by the one or more computing devices, the electronic document comprising the information regarding the merchant's physical location and the at least two popular products that are estimated as in stock at the merchant's physical location.