发明名称 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A USER-SPECIFIED ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THE OCCURRENCE OF A USER-IDENTIFIED CONDITION |
摘要 |
An extensible method and system for performing an action based upon the occurrence of a condition is provided. Through a server computer, a user identifies a condition and an action that should take place when the condition occurs. Data necessary to determine whether the condition has occurred is then received at the server computer from a plurality of external data sources. The data is then evaluated to determine whether the condition has occurred. If the condition has occurred, the user-specified action is taken. The data necessary to evaluate the condition may comprise data relating to products or services received from merchant computers. The user-identified condition may comprise a product or service falling below a user-specified price. The user-specified action may comprise purchasing the product for the user. In this manner, a product or service may be purchased for a user when its price falls below a specified level. The product data may also be received as a data.
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申请公布号 |
WO0146849(A2) |
申请公布日期 |
2001.06.28 |
申请号 |
WO2000US41803 |
申请日期 |
2000.11.02 |
申请人 |
INFOSPACE, INC. |
发明人 |
RANJAN, PEEYUSH;MARCUS, KEVIN, R.;MANDKE, SHREEKANT, KISHOR |
分类号 |
G06F17/00;G06Q40/00;(IPC1-7):G06F17/00 |
主分类号 |
G06F17/00 |
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