The present subject matter described herein, in general, relates field of purchasing items using the user device. The present subject matter relates more particularly to the method and system for facilitating a user to purchase items using a user device over a communication network such as the internet.
BACKGROUND
The growing internet and mobile phone penetration has resulted in growth of electronic commerce using the internet. Purchasers are ordering items through online websites and applications running on mobile phones. The mobile applications run on client machines (mobile) and communicate to the central server via the internet. The purchaser places the order through the application running on mobile. The purchaser is presented with a catalogue of items to be selected from. Once the items are selected by the purchaser from an online catalogue, these are added into a cart. The purchaser then goes to the checkout page to confirm the order. The billing, shipping address and payment details are then filled up by the purchaser to finish the order. These order details are then sent to the central server. The vendor owning the application fulfills the ordered items through their warehouses or through third party merchants who partner the vendor in fulfilling the order by supplying the ordered items to the purchaser.
The purchaser has to follow multiple steps to order items or re-order the items purchased once using electronic commerce. For an instance, the steps for making a purchase of any item will include, enabling internet services on the mobile, download of the particular application on the mobile, installation of application, registration of the purchaser by filling-in the required details such as purchaser name and payment details etc., item selection from the item catalogue, adding the item to the shopping cart, order review and filling of the checkout details before making a purchase. The re-ordering of items from the same vendor will definitely require lesser number of steps, like the purchaser will not have to download and install the application again, register for unique identification number or even fill

in the billing and shipping information and payment details again, as these can be easily stored on the central server of the vendor by the purchaser during the first time purchase itself to minimize the risk of online interception of sensitive information and theft of the same. Nevertheless, it is not necessary that the purchaser will re-order the items using the application of the same vendor for various reasons, the purchaser can go to the application offered by other vendors for ordering the items for reasons like lower prices, better quality, availability, assured delivery, better service experience or can visit physical fulfilment centres for ordering the items to get a better offer or save time. The multiple steps involved in ordering and re-ordering of items using a mobile application only make it a cumbersome method of purchase. Also, with this kind of method of purchase the purchaser has to wait for the item to get delivered to their homes for a long time usually numbering in many hours, often days.
Further a barcode or QR code scanner is used to capture the bar code or QR code of items. The scanners can be based on laser technology, infrared sensor based or camera based. These scan the particular area on any item for the barcode or QR codes. The bar code and QR codes are based on the EAN/UPC standards. The scanners working on camera based sensors, capture the image of the barcode or QR code and decode it based on an algorithm following the EAN or UPC standard. The barcode or QR code provides unique identification to every product, besides providing other relevant information such as batch number or lot number, etc, which are necessary for the inventory management at the retailers and wholesalers.
In the view of all the above scenarios, one can conclude that there is a long extending need to make such a device and method which will reduce the user efforts and time required for ordering the items and reduce the time required for the items to get delivered to the purchaser and enables item purchase through scanning the physical items for unique barcodes, images of any other form of unique product code or identifier.

SUMMARY
This summary is provided to introduce the concepts related to a system and a
5 method for facilitating a user to purchase the item over a communication network
and the concepts are further described in the detail description. This summary is not intended to identify essential features of the claimed subject matter nor it is intended to use in determining or limiting the scope of claimed subject matter.
10 In one embodiment, a system for facilitating a user to purchase items over a
communication network. The system may comprise a server; a mobile device; a user device communicatively coupled with the mobile device. The user device may further comprise at least one image capturing means; a processor; and a memory coupled with the processor. The system may further comprise obtaining,
15 an information of the items, wherein the user device is communicatively coupled
with a mobile device. The system may further comprise storing, the obtained information of the items in the memory of the user device. Further, the system may comprise notifying, the confirmation of an order of the items by transmitting the obtained information the items to the server. The system may further comprise
20 routing, via the server, the order of the items to a fulfiller side client system. The
system may comprise dispatching, via the server, the list of items to the fulfiller side client system. The system may further comprise receiving, via the server, the confirmation of availability of the items by the fulfiller side client system. The system may further comprise transmitting, via the server, the confirmation of a
25 placement of the order of the items on the user device.
In another embodiment, the present subject matter describes a method for
facilitating a user to purchase items over a communication network. The method
may comprise obtaining, via an image capturing means of a user device, an
30 information of the items, wherein the user device is communicatively coupled
with a mobile device. The method may further comprise storing, via a processor,
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the obtained information of the items in the memory of the user device. The
method may comprise notifying, via the processor, the confirmation of the items
to be ordered by transmitting the obtained information the items to the server. The
method may further comprise routing, via a server, the list of ordered items to a
5 fulfiller side client system. The method may comprise dispatching, via the server,
the list of ordered items to the fulfiller side client system. Further, the method may comprise receiving, via the server, the confirmation of availability of the items by the fulfiller side client system. The method may comprise transmitting, via the server, the confirmation of a placement of the order of the items on the user device.
10 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
The detailed description is described with reference to the accompanying
Figures. In the Figures, the left-most digit(s) of a reference number identifies the
Figure in which the reference number first appears. The same numbers are used
15 throughout the drawings to refer like features and components.
Figure 1 illustrates a network implementation 100 of a system 102 for facilitating a user to purchase items over a communication network, in accordance with an embodiment of a present subject matter. 20
Figure 2 illustrates the user device 107 and its components, in accordance with an embodiment of a present subject matter.
Figure 3 illustrates a mobile device 106 and its components, in accordance with
25 an embodiment of a present subject matter.
Figure 4 illustrates a method 400 for facilitating a user to purchase items over a communication network, performed by the system 108, in accordance with the embodiment of the present subject matter.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Reference throughout the specification to “various embodiments,” “some
embodiments,” “one embodiment,” or “an embodiment” means that a particular
5 feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment
is included in at least one embodiment. Thus, appearances of the phrases “in
various embodiments,” “in some embodiments,” “in one embodiment,” or “in an
embodiment” in places throughout the specification are not necessarily all
referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features,
10 structures or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or
more embodiments.
In the present subject matter, a system and method for facilitating a user to purchase items over a communication network is described. The system 102 may
15 comprise a server a mobile device 106 a user device 107 communicatively
coupled with the mobile device 106. The user device may further comprise at least one image capturing means 203, a processor 201 and a memory 204 coupled with the processor. The information of the items may be obtained and stored in the memory 204 of the user device 107. The user device may be
20 configured to notify the confirmation of an order of the items by transmitting the
obtained information the items to the server. The server may route the order of the items to a fulfilment centre. The server may dispatch the list of items to the fulfilment centre. The server may receive the confirmation of availability of the items by a fulfiller side client system 105. The server may further transmit the
25 confirmation of a placement of the order of the items on the user device 107.
While aspects of described system and method for facilitating a user to purchase
items over a communication network may be implemented in any number of
different computing systems, environments, and/or configurations, the
30 embodiments are described in the context of the following exemplary system.
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Referring to Figure 1, a network implementation 100 of a system 102 for facilitating a user to purchase items over a communication network 101, in accordance with an embodiment of a present subject matter. 5
In an embodiment, the system 102 may comprise a user database 103 and a fulfiller database 104. A fulfiller side client system 105 and a user side client system 108 may be connected to the system 102 over a communication network 101. It may be understood that the system 102 may be accessed by multiple
10 fulfiller side client system 105-1, 105-2, …105-n and multiple user side client
system 108-1, 108-2….108-n, collectively referred to the fulfiller side client system 105 and user side client system 108 respectively, hereinafter. The user side client system 108 may comprise a mobile device 106-1, 106-2, …106-n and a user device 107-1, 107-2, …107-n collectively referred to the mobile device
15 106 and the user device 107 respectively, hereinafter.
In an embodiment, as illustrated in figure 1, the system 102 may accept
information provided by multiple user side client systems 108, to register the
respective user with the system 102. The user may be any person, machine,
20 software, automated computer program, a robot or a combination thereof.
In an embodiment, though the present subject matter is explained considering
that the system 102 is implemented as a server, it may be understood that the
system 102 may also be implemented in a variety of mobile device 106 or a
25 variety of user device 107, such as a but are not limited to, a portable computer,
a personal digital assistant, a handheld device, a mobile, a laptop computer, a desktop computer, a notebook, a workstation, a mainframe computer, and the like.
30 In an embodiment, the communication network 101 may be a wireless network,
a wired network or a combination thereof. The communication network 101 may
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be accessed by the mobile device 106 using wired or wireless network connectivity means including updated communications technology.
Referring to figure 3, components of the mobile device 106, comprises at least
5 one processor 301, an input/output (I/O) interface 302, a memory 303, modules
304 and a data 308. In one embodiment, the at least one processor 301 is configured to fetch and execute computer-readable instructions stored in the memory 303.
10 In one embodiment, the I/O interface 302 implemented as a mobile application
or a web based application may include a variety of software and hardware interfaces, for example, a web interface, a graphical user interface, and the like. The I/O interface 302 may allow the system 102 to interact with the server 102. Further, the I/O interface 302 may enable the mobile device 106 to communicate
15 with other computing devices, such as web servers and external data servers (not
shown). The I/O interface 302 can facilitate multiple communications within a wide variety of networks and protocol types, including wired networks, for example, LAN, cable, etc., and wireless networks, such as WLAN, cellular, or satellite. The I/O interface 302 may include one or more ports for connecting to
20 another server.
In one embodiment, the I/O interface 302 is an interaction platform that feeds
the parameter into a registration module 305 which resides in the memory 303.
The I/O interface 302 may allow commands for a command line interface or a
25 geographical interface (GUI) which may enable the user to create, modify and
delete either of data, metadata, program, logic, algorithm, parameters associated with encryption method, encryption program and encryption language.
In one embodiment, the memory 303 may include any computer-readable
30 medium known in the art including, for example, volatile memory, such as static
random access memory (SRAM) and dynamic random access memory (DRAM),
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and/or non-volatile memory, such as read only memory (ROM), erasable programmable ROM, flash memories, hard disks, optical disks, and memory cards. The memory 303 may include a module 304 and a data 306.
5 In one embodiment, the module 304 may include routines, programs, objects,
components, data structure, etc., which performs particular tasks, functions or implement abstract data types. In one implementation, the module may further include a registration module 305.
10 REGISTRATION MODULE
In one embodiment, the user may register with the server by using the registration module 305 of the mobile device 106. The user may register by filling up all the necessary details such as username, delivery address, billing
15 address, payment details and other relevant information. Once all the details are
filled by the user, the mobile device 106 may be configured to connect the server and the details fed by the user may be stored in the server as per the present subject matter. The mobile device 106 may generate a unique identification (UID) of each user after filling up all the necessary details.
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In one embodiment, the fulfiller side client system 105 may comprise a mobile device 106 with a mobile application installed in it. The fulfiller may register with the server by filling up a username, fulfiller’s geographical address, item details, etc. The mobile device 106 at the fulfiller side client system 105 may be
25 configured to connect the server and the details fed by the fulfiller may be stored
in the server as per the present subject matter.
In one embodiment, each of the mobile device 106 may be identified by its a
UID number that is used by the server for detecting the location of the mobile
30 device 106.
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Now referring to figure 2, the components of the user device 107 may comprise a processor 201, I/O interface 202, an image capturing means 203, a memory 204, modules 205 and a data 208. The function of the processor 201, the I/O interface 202, the memory 204 are same as mentioned above in figure 3. 5
In one embodiment, the modules 205 may comprise a parameter module 206 and a communication module 207. The data 208 may comprise a centralised repository 209 and other data 210.
10 PARAMETER MODULE
In one embodiment, the parameter module 206 may comprise various parameters
such as a result of call to action button of the user device 107, task scheduler,
time of ordering, network settings of user device 107 and other parameters which
15 may be configured by the user through the mobile device 106. The user device
107 may have a UID for each registered and verifier user.
In one embodiment, the image capturing means 203 of the user device 107 may
be such as but are not limited to a camera, a barcode scanner, Quick Response
20 (QR) code scanner, an image capturing sensor, or the like.
In one embodiment, each item may have a unique identification that may be
obtained by the image capturing means 203 of the user device 107. The image
capturing means 203 may obtain the information of the items by scanning the
25 information of the items or by capturing the information of the items. The
information of the items that is obtained by the image capturing means 203 of the user device 107 may be at least one of a unique identifier of the item, the image of the items, or a combination thereof.
30 In one embodiment, the UID of the item may identify the item with details of the
items such as but are not limited to the manufacturers of the item and the quantity
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of the item, packaging of the item, or the like. The information of the items may be stored in the memory 204 of the user device 107.
In one embodiment, the user device 107 may be uniquely identified with its
5 unique machine identification number and the unique machine identification
number of the user device 107 may be associated with the unique user.
COMMUNICATION MODULE
10 In one embodiment, the communication module 207 may comprise a call to
action button. Once the user device 107 has finished obtaining the information of the items to be ordered, the call to action button may be pressed. The call to action button of the user device 107 may be configured to notify the server with the confirmation of the order of the items by transmitting the obtained
15 information of the items to the server.
In one embodiment, the as soon as the process of obtaining the information of
the items is completed, the user device by using the call to action button, may be
configured to transmit the obtained information of the items, to the mobile device
20 106 via the communication network.
In one embodiment, once the notification of the confirmation sent by the user device 107, the server may be configured to process the information of the items fed by the user device 107 by generating the list of items.
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In one embodiment, the server may further identify the user of the user device 107 through the combination of UID of the user device 107, UID of the mobile device 106 and the UID of the user that is generated during the registration process via the registration module 305 of the mobile device 106.
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In one embodiment, after processing the information of the items fed by the user
device 107, the server may analyse the location of the fulfilment centre that is
located nearest or in proximity of the registered location of the user device 107.
After analysing, the server may route the list of the ordered items to the
5 fulfilment centre. The server may further dispatch the list of ordered items and
the details of the user to the fulfilment centre.
In one embodiment, the fulfilment centre may update the fulfiller side client
system 105 by providing the required details such as username, geographical
10 address, item details etc. that is received by the server. Each fulfiller side client
system 105 may be identified by the UID number that may be used by the server to routethe list of ordered items to the fulfiller centre.
In one embodiment, the multiple of users may be registered with the server 102.
15 The user may be located over the different geographical locations. The multiple
fulfilment centres may be connected with the server. The fulfilment centres may be located over different geographical locations. The server may choose geographically nearest located fulfilment centres for routing and dispatching the order of list of items. The fulfilment centre may accept the order of list of items
20 dispatched by the server and may check the availability of the items in the
fulfilment centre.
In one embodiment, the server may receive the confirmation of the availability of the items by the fulfiller side client system 105.
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In one embodiment, the server may transmit the notification of the confirmation of the placement of the order of the items to the user device 107 or on the mobile device 106. This notification may be in the form of text message or in the form of voice message that may be displayed on the display screen of the user device
30 107 or on the display screen of the mobile device 106
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Figure 4 illustrates a method 400 for facilitating a user to purchase items over a
communication network, performed by the system 108, in accordance with the
embodiment of the present subject matter. The user may initiate the process 400
by using the installing the mobile application in the mobile device 106 and
5 registering himself through the mobile application.
At step 401, the user device 107 may obtain the information of the items. Each item may have a unique identification that may be obtained by the image capturing means 203 of the user device 107. The image capturing means 203
10 may obtain the information of the items by scanning the information of the items
or by capturing the information of the items. The information of the items that is obtained by the image capturing means 203 of the user device 107 may be at least one of a unique identifier of the item, the image of the items, or a combination thereof.
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At step 402, the obtained information of the items may be stored in the memory 204 of the user device 107.
At step 403, the user device 107 may notify the confirmation of the item to be
20 ordered by transmitting the obtained information of the items to the server.
In one embodiment, the communication module 207 may comprise a call to
action button. Once the user device 107 has finished obtaining the information
of the items to be ordered, the call to action button may be pressed. The call to
25 action button of the user device 107 may be configured to notify the server with
the confirmation of the order of the items by transmitting the obtained information of the items to be ordered to the server.
At step 404, the server may route the list of ordered items to the fulfilment centre.
30 The server may analyse the location of the fulfilment centre that is located
nearest or in the proximity of the registered location of the user device 107. After
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analysing, the server may route the list of the ordered items to the fulfilment centre.
At step 405, the server may further dispatch the list of ordered items and the details of the user to the fulfilment centre.
At step 406, the server may receive the confirmation of the availability of the items by a fulfiller side client system 105.
In one embodiment, the fulfilment centre may update the fulfiller side client system 105 by providing the required details such as username, geographical address, item details etc. that is received by the server. Each fulfiller side client system 105 may be identified by the UTD number that may be used by the server to route the list of ordered items to the fulfiller centre. The server may receive the confirmation of the availability of the items by the fulfiller side client system 105.
At step 407, the server may transmit the confirmation of a placement of the order of the items on the user device 107.
In one embodiment, the server may transmit the notification of the confirmation of the placement of the order of the items to the user device 107 or on the mobile device 106. This notification may be in the form of text message or in the form of voice message that may be displayed on the display screen of the user device 107 or on the display screen of the mobile device 106.
The embodiments, examples and alternatives of the preceding paragraphs or the description and drawings, including any of their various aspects or respective individual features, may be taken independently or in any combination. Features described in connection with one embodiment are applicable to all embodiments, unless such features are incompatible.

Although implementations for system and method for facilitating a user to purchase items over a communication network have been described in language specific to structural features and/or methods, it is to be understood that the appended claims are not necessarily limited to the specific features or methods described. Rather, the specific features and methods are disclosed as examples of implementations for system and method for facilitating a user to purchase items over a communication network.

We claim:
1. A system for facilitating a user to purchase items over a communication network,
the system comprising:
a server;
a mobile device 106;
a user device 107 communicatively coupled with the mobile device 106,
further comprising;
at least one image capturing means 203;
a processor 201; and
a memory 204 coupled with the processor 201, wherein the processor 201
is capable of executing programme instructions stored in the memory 204
for:
obtaining, via an image capturing means 203 of a user device 107, an information of the items;
storing, the obtained information of the items in the memory 204 of the user device 107;
notifying, the confirmation of an order of the items by transmitting the obtained information of the items to the server;
routing, via the server, the order of the items to a fulfiller side client system 105;
dispatching, via the server, the list of items to the fulfiller side client system 105;
receiving, via the server, the confirmation of availability of the items by the fulfiller side client system 105; and
transmitting, via the server, the confirmation of a placement of the order of the items to the user device 107.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the image capturing means 203 of the user device
107 is at least one of a camera, a barcode scanner, Quick Response (QR) code
scanner, an image capturing sensor, or a combination thereof.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the image capturing means 203 obtains the information of the items by scanning the information of the item or by capturing the information of the item.
4. The system of claim 3, wherein the information that is obtained by the image capturing means 203 of the user device 107 is at least one of a unique identifier of the item, the image of the items, or a combination thereof.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the user device 107 is uniquely identified with its unique machine identification number, wherein the unique machine identification number of the user device is associated with the user.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to generate a unique identification of each user after receiving the necessary details from the user.
7. The system of claim 6, wherein the necessary details of the user are at least one of a name, geographical location, billing details, shipping details, payment details or a combination thereof.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the confirmation of the order of the list of items is send by providing command by using a call to action button.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the user device 107, the mobile device 106 and the server are connected to each other over a communication network 101 and communicates via a communication means.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication means is at least one of a Wi-Fi module, low frequency radio module, bluetooth protocols, Local Area Network (LANs), or the like. The system of claim 1, wherein the fulfiller side

client system 105 comprises a mobile device 106 which is used to receive user details and list of items by the server.
11. The system of claim 1, wherein the fulfiller side client system 105 is associated with the fulfilment centre, wherein the fulfilment centre of the fulfiller side client system 105 is located at the proximity of the user device 107.
12. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the mobile device 106 is identified by its a unique identification number that is used by the server for detecting the location of the mobile device 106.
13. The system of claim 1, wherein the server uses the unique identification of the user device 107 and unique identification of the mobile device 106 along with the user's unique identification information associated with the mobile device 106, for verifying and identifying the user.
14. The system of claim 1, wherein the confirmation of the placement of order sent to the user device 107 or to the mobile device 106 via the server is be in form of a text message or in form of a voice message that is displayed on the display screen of the user device 107 or on the display screen of the mobile device 106.
15. The system of claim 1, wherein the user device 107 and the mobile device 106 collectively form a user side client system 108.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein various parameters may be configured at the user side client system 108, such parameters are at least one of a result of call to action button of the user device, time of ordering, network settings of user device 107 and other parameters of the user device 107 through the mobile device.
17. A method for facilitating a user to purchase items over a communication network, the method comprising:

obtaining, via an image capturing means 203 of a user device 107, an information of the items, wherein the user device 107 is communicatively coupled with a mobile device 106;
storing, via a processor 201, the obtained information of the items in the memory 204 of the user device 107;
notifying, via the processor 201, the confirmation of the items to be ordered by transmitting the obtained information the items to the server;
routing, via a server, the list of ordered items to a fulfiller side client system;
dispatching, via the server, the list of ordered items to the fulfiller side client system;
receiving, via the server, the confirmation of availability of the items by the fulfiller side client system 105; and
transmitting, via the server, the confirmation of a placement of the order of the items on the user device 107.