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Claims 1-20 are pending in the present application.
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Claims 1-20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 11,860,886 B1 Sadler et al.. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because it is well settled that omission of elements and their functioning is an obvious expedient if the remaining elements perform the same function as before. See In re Karlson, 136 USPQ 184 (CCPA 1963).
19/028,509
1. A bot system comprising: at least one processing circuit configured to: receive an input indicative of a request to interact with a bot; access user data comprising at least one of user information data and user activity data; receive external data presently or previously provided from at least one third-party; identify or generate a selection of bot options based on analyzing the user data and external data, wherein the identified selection of bot options comprises at least one third-party offering from at least one third-party; present the selection of bot options, wherein the selection of bot options comprises at least one selectable element and content based on the user data and external data; and responsive to receiving a selection of an option, populate one or more fields corresponding with the selection of the option.
2. The bot system of claim 1, wherein the input indicative of the request to interact with the bot is via an application installed on a user device or a browser accessed on the user device.
3. The bot system of claim 2, wherein the input comprises at least one of the selection or access of the bot presented via the application, a search performed via the application, a completion of a triggering event, or an artificial intelligence (AI) personal assistant.
4. The bot system of claim 1, wherein identifying or generating the selection of bot options further comprises: access, via an application programming interface (API), information of one or more vendors providing the selection of bot options associated with the bot.
5. The bot system of claim 1, wherein the user activity data comprises at least one of user likes or user activity.
6. The bot system of claim 5, wherein the selection comprises metadata tags presented via a user device based on the user data.
7. The bot system of claim 1, wherein the selection is associated with a plurality of items sold via the bot, and wherein the selection of the bot options comprises matching keywords of the user data with keywords of the plurality of items sold via the bot.
8. The bot system of claim 1, wherein the selection of the option comprises a selection to pay, and wherein the one or more fields comprises at least a payment field and a shipping field.
9. The bot system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processing circuit is further configured to: process a purchase of the selection of the option.
10. The bot system of claim 9, wherein the at least one processing circuit is further configured to: in response to processing the purchase, present, via a user device, a purchase confirmation.
11. A method for interacting with a bot system, the method comprising: receiving, by one or more processing circuits, an input indicative of a request to interact with a bot; accessing, by the one or more processing circuits, user data comprising at least one of user information data and user activity data; receiving, by the one or more processing circuits, external data presently or previously provided from at least one third-party; identifying or generating, by the one or more processing circuits, a selection of bot options based on analyzing the user data and external data, wherein the identified selection of bot options comprises at least one third-party offering from at least one third-party; presenting, by the one or more processing circuits, the selection of bot options, wherein the selection of bot options comprises at least one selectable element and content based on the user data and external data; receiving, by the one or more processing circuits, a selection of an option from the selection of bot options; and responsive to receiving a selection of an option, populating, by the one or more processing circuits, one or more fields corresponding with the selection of the option.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the input indicative of the request to interact with the bot is via an application installed on a user device or a browser accessed on the user device.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the input comprises at least one of the selection or access of the bot presented via the application, a search performed via the application, a completion of a triggering event, or an artificial intelligence (AI) personal assistant.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein identifying the selection of bot options further comprises: accessing, by the one or more processing circuits via an application programming interface (API), information of one or more vendors providing the selection of bot options associated with the bot.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein the user activity data comprises at least one of user likes or user activity.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the selection comprises metadata tags presented via a user device based on the user data.
17. The method of claim 11, wherein the selection is associated with a plurality of items sold via the bot, and wherein the selection of the bot options comprises matching keywords of the user data with keywords of the plurality of items sold via the bot.
18. The method of claim 11, wherein the selection of the option comprises a selection to pay, and wherein the one or more fields comprises at least a payment field and a shipping field.
19. The method of claim 11, further comprising: process a purchase of the selection of the option; and in response to processing the purchase, present, via a user device, a purchase confirmation.
20. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a plurality of processing circuits, cause the plurality of processing circuits to: receive an input indicative of a request to interact with a bot; access user data comprising at least one of user information data and user activity data; receive external data presently or previously provided from at least one third-party; identify or generate a selection of bot options based on analyzing the data and external data, wherein the identified selection of bot options comprises at least one third-party offering from at least one third-party; present the selection of bot options, wherein the selection of bot options comprises at least one selectable element and content based on the user data and external data; and responsive to receiving a selection of an option, populate one or more fields corresponding with the selection of the option.
US Patent11,860,886 B1
1. A bot system comprising: at least one processing circuit having at least one processor communicably coupled to at least one memory, the at least one processing circuit configured to: provide a bot at least partially in response to completing a triggering event; receive, from a user device, an input indicative of a selection of the bot; access user data comprising at least GPS location data and user preferences associated with a user of the user device; identify a selection of bot options based on analyzing the user data, wherein the selection of bot options is associated with at least two third-parties, wherein the parties of the at least two third-parties sells a good or service, and wherein the identified selection of bot options comprises at least one good or service from the parties of the at least two parties; present, via the user device, the selection of bot options, wherein the selection of bot options comprises selectable elements and content specific to the user and a particular third-party of the at least two third-parties based on the user data comprising the GPS location data and the user preferences; receive, from the user device, a selection of an option from the selection of bot options; access user payment information and shipping information based on the user data and populate one or more fields associated with the selection of the option; and present, via the user device, a confirmation page to confirm the populated one or more fields.
2. The bot system of claim 1, wherein the input indicative of the selection is via an application installed on the user device or a browser accessed on the user device.
3. The bot system of claim 2, wherein the input comprises at least one of a selection or access of the bot presented via the application, a search performed via the application, a competition of a triggering event, or an artificial intelligence personal assistant.
4. The bot system of claim 1, wherein identifying the selection of bot options further comprises: access, via an application programming interface (API), information of one or more vendors providing the selection of bot options associated with the bot.
5. The bot system of claim 1, wherein the user data comprises at least one of user likes or user activity.
6. The bot system of claim 5, wherein the selection comprises metadata tags presented via the user device based on the user data.
7. The bot system of claim 1, wherein the selection is associated with a plurality of items sold via the bot, and wherein the selection of the bot options comprises matching keywords of the user data with keywords of the plurality of items sold via the bot.
8. The bot system of claim 1, wherein the selection of the option comprises a selection to pay, and wherein the one or more fields comprises at least a payment field and a shipping field.
9. The bot system of claim 1, the at least one processing circuit further configured to: process a purchase of the selection of the option.
10. The bot system of claim 9, the at least one processing circuit further configured to: in response to processing the purchase, present, via the user device, a purchase confirmation.
11. A method comprising: providing, by at least one processing circuit, a bot at least partially in response to completing a triggering event; receiving, by the at least one processing circuit from a user device, an input indicative of a selection of the bot; accessing, by the at least one processing circuit, user data comprising at least GPS location data and user preferences associated with a user of the user device; identifying, by the at least one processing circuit, a selection of bot options based on analyzing the user data, wherein the selection of bot options is associated with at least two third-parties, wherein the parties of the at least two third-parties sells a good or service, and wherein the identified selection of bot options comprises at least one good or service from the parties of the at least two parties; presenting, by the at least one processing circuit via the user device, the selection of bot options, wherein the selection of bot options comprises selectable elements and content specific to the user and a particular third-party of the at least two third-parties based on the user data comprising the GPS location data and the user preferences; receiving, by the at least one processing circuit from the user device, a selection of an option from the selection of bot options; accessing, by the at least one processing circuit, user payment information and shipping information based on the user data and populate one or more fields associated with the selection of the option; and presenting, by the at least one processing circuit via the user device, a confirmation page to confirm the populated one or more fields.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the input indicative of the selection is via an application installed on the user device or a browser accessed on the user device.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the input comprises at least one of a selection or access of the bot presented via the application, a search performed via the application, a competition of a triggering event, or an artificial intelligence personal assistant.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein identifying the selection of bot options further comprises: accessing, by the at least one processing circuit via an application programming interface (API), information of one or more vendors providing the selection of bot options associated with the bot.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein the user data comprises at least one of user likes or user activity.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the selection comprises metadata tags presented via the user device based on the user data.
17. The method of claim 11, wherein the selection is associated with a plurality of items sold via the bot, and wherein the selection of the bot options comprises matching keywords of the user data with keywords of the plurality of items sold via the bot.
18. The method of claim 11, wherein the selection of the option comprises a selection to pay, and wherein the one or more fields comprises at least a payment field and a shipping field.
19. The method of claim 11, further comprising: process a purchase of the selection of the option; and in response to processing the purchase, present, via the user device, a purchase confirmation.
20. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a plurality of processing circuits, cause the plurality of processing circuits to: provide a bot at least partially in response to completing a triggering event; receive, from a user device, an input indicative of a selection of the bot; access user data comprising at least GPS location data and user preferences associated with a user of the user device; identify a selection of bot options based on analyzing the user data, wherein the selection of bot options is associated with at least two third-parties, wherein the parties of the at least two third-parties sells a good or service, and wherein the identified selection of bot options comprises at least one good or service from the parties of the at least two parties; present, via the user device, the selection of bot options, wherein the selection of bot options comprises selectable elements and content specific to the user and a particular third-party of the at least two third-parties based on the user data comprising the GPS location data and the user preferences; receive, from the user device, a selection of an option from the selection of bot options; access user payment information and shipping information based on the user data and populate one or more fields associated with the selection of the option; and present, via the user device, a confirmation page to confirm the populated one or more fields.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Note attached form PTO-892.
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