System and method for facilitating the purchase of products determined to be useful in the performance of a task

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9898771
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14330894

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A retailer computer system facilitates the purchase of products that are determined to be useful in the performance of a task by presenting to a consumer a first user interface by which the consumer may select a task from a repository of tasks, each task stored in the repository of tasks having documented instructions, such as a recipe, for performing the task, by presenting in a web page the documented instructions of the selected task, by using one or more keywords within the documented instructions of the selected task to select at least one product from an electronic product catalog, the selected at least one product being one or more of a part, such as a recipe ingredient, and a tool, such as an appliance, usable in performing the task, and by presenting to the consumer a second user interface for allowing the consumer to purchase via use of an online retail channel the selected at least one product.

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TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLC3333 BEVERLY ROAD HOFFMAN ESTATES IL 60179

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Franczyk, Greg Hoffman Estates, US 3 30
Jordan, Brian Hoffman Estates, US 127 1355
Liu, Tony Hoffman Estates, US 21 521
Roy, Robert Hoffman Estates, US 12 131
Ruud, Jason Hoffman Estates, US 3 30
Wical, Kelly Hoffman Estates, US 18 3186
Yu, James Hoffman Estates, US 43 497

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