Patent ID: 8078502

Claim:
An e-commerce shopping method comprising: receiving, via at least one program executing on computer equipment, wherein the at least one program is stored on at least one non-transitory storage medium, shopper free form input representing an unstructured shopping request, wherein the free form input comprises at least two of a free form voice input, a text message, an email, a fax message, a browser input and an image and wherein the free form input further comprises information related to one or more items, at least one of a shipping address, and payment details; extracting semantics by a software program executing on computer equipment, wherein the software program is stored on at least one non-transitory storage medium, from the shopper free form input relating to at least one item available for sale; automatically adding, via at least one program executing on computer equipment, wherein the at least one program is stored on at least one non-transitory storage medium, at least one item to an electronic shopping cart based upon the extracted semantics; and providing, via at least one program executing on computer equipment, wherein the at least one program is stored on at least one non-transitory storage medium, an ability to a corresponding shopper to automatically purchase the items contained in the electronic shopping cart.