Patent ID: 8799108

Claim:
A method performed by one or more server devices, the method comprising: receiving, by the one or more server devices and from a user, a request to add an item to a watch list associated with the user; receiving, by the one or more server devices and from the user, a price associated with the item; receiving, by the one or more server devices and from the user, a schedule associated with the item; receiving, by the one or more server devices and from the user, a privacy level assigned to the item by the user; identifying, by the one or more server devices, a contact associated with the user, wherein the contact has been designated by the user to receive information about the item based on the assigned privacy level; adding, by the one or more server devices, the item to the identified contact's watch list, in response to identifying the contact; identifying, by a processor associated with the one or more server devices, a vendor offer associated with the item and associated with a particular vendor, where the vendor offer includes a price that is less than or equal to the received price associated with the item, the identifying being based on the schedule associated with the item; and providing, by the one or more server devices, a notification to the user, wherein the notification includes information about the identified vendor offer.