US Patent No: 6,490,602

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Method and apparatus for providing enhanced functionality to product webpages

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Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing enhanced functionality to product webpages is described. This method and apparatus may be used to provide a unified toolbar across product webpages of multiple, independent retailers. This toolbar may be used to create a gift registry across multiple retailers, to create an inter-retailer shopping cart and automate purchases, to create an inter-retailer advertising network, and to create a virtual network of retailers with a multitude of services spanning them.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
FRITCH ALIBATES, LLCPALATINE, IL1
WISH-LIST.COMMANHATTAN BEACH, CA1

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kraemer, Keith M Manhattan Beach, CA 3 66

Cited Art

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CRS LLC (2)
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MICROSOFT CORPORATION (2)
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AT&T CORP. (1)
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Patent Citation Ranking

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ZANNI ASSETS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (13)
7,334,184 Method for online information sharing for completing electronic forms 18 2000
7,305,355 Universal shopping cart and order injection system 10 2001
7,373,314 Unified product purchasing method 13 2001
7,412,409 Online ordering medium and method 9 2005
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7,577,593 Method, medium, and system for a universal shopping cart having order injection and common payment determination 2 2007
7,577,594 Medium for a universal shopping cart having order injection and common payment determination 0 2007
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7,925,544 Method, medium, and system for universal shopping cart order injection and payment determination 0 2010
8,065,195 Method, medium, and system for universal shopping cart order injection and payment determination 0 2011
 
YAHOO! INC. (8)
7,185,333 Method and system for managing the resources of a toolbar application program 19 2000
7,793,227 Method and system of providing customizable buttons 4 2004
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EBAY INC. (4)
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JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. (4)
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MICROSOFT CORPORATION (3)
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XO GROUP INC. (3)
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FACEBOOK, INC. (2)
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ETRONICA.COM CORPORATION (1)
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FUJITSU LIMITED (1)
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HAVEN NETWORKS, INC. (1)
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IGNITIONONE, INC. (1)
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IGT (1)
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ZFT CONSULTING LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (1)
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Other [Check patent profile for assignment information] (6)
7,328,177 System and method for interactive, computer assisted personalization of on-line merchandise purchases 13 2000
6,868,394 Method and apparatus for simplified artist-buyer transactions 13 2000
7,039,601 Method and system for monetary gift registry 11 2002
8,346,626 System and method for providing electronic multi-merchant gift registry services over a distributed network 0 2003
8,156,178 Method and system for enhancing a home page 1 2007
8,464,157 Smart browsing providers 0 2008

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