Patent ID: 8285604
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of processing user transactions in a data network comprising: receiving at a user transaction processing system coupled to at least one data network, a first list of purchased items purchased from a first merchant by a first user wherein the first list of purchased items includes associated item transaction information; recording in computer readable memory, the first list of purchased items purchased from the first merchant by the first user; receiving at the user transaction processing system coupled to at least one data network, a second list of purchased items purchased from a second merchant by the first user wherein the second list of purchased items includes associated item transaction information; recording in computer readable memory, the second list of purchased items purchased from the second merchant by the first user; providing by the user transaction processing system, a first list of items to be purchased generation instruction to the first user prior to receiving the first list of items to be purchased generation instruction from the first user wherein the first list of items to be purchased generation instruction directs the first user regarding how to provide the first list of items to be purchased generation instruction; receiving at the user transaction processing system, the generation instruction from the first user; generating by a user transaction processing system computing device, a first list of items to be purchased by the first user based at least in part on the recorded first and second lists of purchased items by the first user; transmitting over the data network to the first user, the first list of items to be purchased by the first user; receiving at the user transaction processing system coupled to at least one data network, a third list of purchased items purchased from the first, the second, or a third merchant by a second user wherein the third list of purchased items includes associated item transaction information and the third merchant is different than the first merchant and the second merchant; recording in computer readable memory, the third list of purchased items purchased from the first, second, or third merchant by the second user; comparing by the computing device, the transaction information for items on the first list of items to be purchased by the first user wherein the comparison is based at least in part on the third list of purchased items; generating by the computing device, a second list of items to be purchased by the first user based at least in part on the comparison wherein the second list includes one or more merchant identifiers for each item; and, transmitting from the computing device to the first user over the data network, the second list of items to be purchased by the first user.