{
  "patent_number": "US 9792375",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Websites Can Sell Items from Other Sites Without Redirecting Users",
  "original_title": "Composite search results",
  "summary": "A method for a website to display and process purchases for items listed on a completely different website, allowing users to buy products without ever leaving the page they are currently browsing.",
  "what_it_does": "The patent describes a system where a search engine on a 'first website' fetches product information from a 'second website' and displays it directly to the user. Instead of forcing the user to click a link and navigate away to the second site, the system uses remote APIs to embed interactive elements. This allows the user to perform transaction-based functions, such as placing a bid or purchasing an item, directly within the interface of the first website. Essentially, it turns a search results page into a functional storefront for external retailers.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover standard search results that only provide links to external websites.",
    "Does not cover systems that require the user to navigate to the second website to complete a purchase.",
    "Does not cover general web scraping that does not include a transaction-based interface element.",
    "Does not cover offline transactions or systems that do not use remote APIs to facilitate the interaction."
  ],
  "filed": "2016-06-15",
  "granted": "2017-10-17",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "PayPal Inc",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/paypal-inc",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Mark Joseph Gardner",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/mark-joseph-gardner"
    },
    {
      "name": "Hugh Evan Williams",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/hugh-evan-williams"
    },
    {
      "name": "Valerie Nygaard",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/valerie-nygaard"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 2,
  "tags": [
    "ecommerce",
    "software",
    "consumer_electronics"
  ],
  "abstract": "Systems and methods of providing composite search results are disclosed. A system may receive input via a user interface of a device accessing a first website, and determine item listing information of an item listed for sale on a second website based on the received input, with the second website being different from the first website. The system may cause the item listing information to be displayed on the first website on the device via the user interface, and enable the device to interact with the second website, via the user interface, regarding the item listed for sale by interacting with the item listing information being displayed on the first website.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/9792375/facebook-privacy-checkup",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/9792375/facebook-privacy-checkup/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US9792375",
  "relatedPatents": []
}