System and method for using a mobile device to follow a price for an item

摘要

A mobile device, such as a cellular telephone, is used to obtain information that is indicative of an item, such as a photograph of the item or a scan of an information carrying indicia associated with the item. The information obtained is then used to present on the mobile device a page by which a user can establish parameters for following the price of the item.

主权项

1. A computer-readable media embodied on a non-transient, physical memory device having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for facilitating a following of a price of an item, the instructions performing steps comprising:
receiving from a mobile device information obtained by the mobile device that is representative of the item; using the obtained information to cause a page to be displayed on the mobile device, wherein the page comprises one or more user interface elements with which a user interacts to establish one or more parameters for following the price of the item prior to purchasing the item; receiving from the mobile device the one or more parameters for following the price of the item prior to purchasing the item; and causing one or more alerts having information related to the price of the item to be sent to the user according to the received one or more parameters.