Electronic Shopping System Utilizing Multiple Configurable Item Orders

摘要

An electronic shopping system, such as an ecommerce retail website, is constructed and programmed to provide online shoppers with the ability to create and manage multiple configurable item orders contemporaneously within a single customer account. Each item in an item order is associated with a “purchase status” which can, in addition to other discrete adjustments, be toggled between “active” and “inactive” states at or before checkout. Each item order is itself configurable in respect of delivery address, payment source, frequency, and schedule. Orders and settings are saved within the customer's account to be recalled, reviewed, refined (if desired), and executed at checkout.

主权项

1. An electronic shopping system comprising a customer account database, a merchandise selection facility, and a purchase facility, wherein:
the customer account database comprises a plurality of customer account records, each customer account record including at least one unique customer account identifier; the merchandise selection facility comprising a catalog of merchandise and means for selecting by a customer any item in said catalog for inclusion in at least one of several potential item orders associated with a single customer account record owned by said customer; and the purchase facility comprising (a) an order review interface for reviewing and modifying any of said item orders associated with said single customer account record and (b) an order submission interface for submitting any of said item orders for order processing and fulfillment.