Patent ID: 7809607
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for providing product pricing information, the system comprising: a mobile client configured to issue a request for pricing information on a specified product, the mobile client including a location module configured to ascertain a current location of the mobile client independent from a manual input, the request including the current location; at least one merchant server corresponding to a at least one merchant; and a price research server configured to receive the request from the mobile client and to generate pricing research results on the specified product in response to the request, the pricing research results including pricing information for the specified product collected from a plurality of merchants, the price research server further configured to send the pricing research results to a merchant server selected from the at least one merchant server and corresponding to a merchant identified by the current location, wherein the at least one merchant server is configured to receive the pricing research results and to generate a response based on the pricing research results for delivery to the mobile client, the response including an offer for the specified product, and wherein at least one of the pricing research results from a given merchant includes an offer for an alternative product as determined by the given merchant that it is not feasible to offer the specified product at a price lower than the best price offered for the specified product by at least one other merchant.