Patent ID: 9141981
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for identifying acquisition parameters for one or more commodities, comprising the steps of: identifying said one or more commodities using one or more searchable identification parameters by processing information defined by a user in a template associated with a client-side browser plug-in; defining a monitoring duration during which acquisition parameters for said one or more commodities will be monitored, including setting multiple different alarm conditions on at least one of the acquisition parameters; monitoring, by directing the client-side browser plug-in to execute as a background thread, database searches of multiple different publicly-searchable, network-accessible databases for acquisition parameters for said one or more commodities using said one or more searchable identification parameters; determining whether any of the alarm conditions are met by the acquisition parameters while monitoring the databases; and triggering an event responsive to an alarm condition having been met before completing the monitoring of the databases.