Dennis Haynes

US Patent:

7047213, May 16, 2006

Filed:

Oct 3, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/971880

Inventors:

Dennis Frank Haynes - Marietta GA, US
Ravesh Lala - Roswell GA, US
Matthew Bunkley Trevathan - Kennesaw GA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/60

US Classification:

705 26, 718104, 717104, 717108, 717116, 709228, 707100

Abstract:

An improved method for purging abandoned shopping carts from an electronic commerce web server. Periodically, the number of shopping carts that belong to guest shoppers is determined and compared with a threshold. When the number shopping carts that belong to guest shoppers exceeds the threshold, a guest shopper garbage collection routine applies to the shopping carts that belong to guest shoppers, and an established shopper garbage collection routine applies to carts that belong to established shoppers. In one embodiment of the invention, the guest shopper garbage collection routine purges shopping carts that have been inactive for a first period of time, whereas the established shopper garbage collection routine purges shopping carts that have been inactive for a second period of time that is longer than the first.

US Patent:

7110968, Sep 19, 2006

Filed:

Apr 30, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/845362

Inventors:

Dennis Frank Haynes - Marietta GA, US
Stephen Eric Jaffe - Alpharetta GA, US
Dellena Wyman Priester - Austell GA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 26, 705 27, 709229

Abstract:

The invention helps an on-line shopper maintain the proper relationship between primary items in a shopping cart and secondary items in the shopping cart, where secondary items are items that normally accompany the purchase of primary items. The server that provides the on-line shopping service awaits a shopper's commands. When a command is detected that indicates a change in an attribute of a primary item, the server checks the shopper's shopping cart to identify secondary items linked to the primary item whose attribute was changed. If a secondary item linked to the primary item is identified, the server then solicits the shopper's authorization to change a corresponding attribute of the secondary item. If the shopper grants authorization, the server changes the corresponding attribute of the secondary item accordingly. An item's attribute may be the quantity of the item in a shopping cart, the size of the item, the color of the item, the texture of the item, and so forth.

US Patent:

20060293970, Dec 28, 2006

Filed:

Aug 10, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/463617

Inventors:

Dennis Haynes - Marietta GA, US
Stephen Jaffe - Alpharetta GA, US
Dellena Priester - Austell GA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705026000

Abstract:

A method and system for managing an electronic commerce (e-commerce) shopping cart relating to communication between a shopper and a server over a communication network. A server whether a shopping command of the shopper has changed an attribute of a primary item in the shopping cart. After the server has determined that the shopping command has changed the attribute of the primary item in the shopping cart, the server identifies a secondary item in the shopping cart linked to the primary item. The server changes a corresponding attribute of the secondary item in response to the change in the attribute of the primary item, wherein the attribute of the primary item is a quantity of the primary item, a color of the primary item, or a size of the primary item.

US Patent:

20070078724, Apr 5, 2007

Filed:

Aug 10, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/463626

Inventors:

Dennis Haynes - Marietta GA, US
Stephen Jaffe - Alpharetta GA, US
Dellena Priester - Austell GA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705026000

Abstract:

A method and system for managing an electronic commerce (e-commerce) shopping cart relating to communication between a shopper and a server over a communication network. A server identifies a secondary item in the shopping cart linked to a primary item in the shopping cart. The server changes an attribute of the secondary item in response to a change in a corresponding attribute of the primary item. The server removes the secondary item from the shopping in response to removal of the primary item from the shopping cart.