Appeal No. 2004-0528 Page 4 Application No. 09/204,018 receiving on the consumer device an item advertisement from a non- merchant provider connected to the network, the item advertisement comprising a description of at least one item; receiving an input from a consumer to select an item desired for purchase, wherein the item desired for purchase is selected from the at least one item described in the item advertisement received from the nonmerchant provider; identifying one purchase list from the plurality of purchase lists; saving the item desired for purchase on the identified purchase list; allowing the consumer to identify a third party consumer with whom the identified purchase list is to be shared; and transmitting the identified purchase list from the consumer device to the identified third party consumer. 71. A consumer system connected to a network, the consumer system comprising: means for receiving input from a consumer to create a plurality of purchase lists on the consumer system, each purchase list comprising a list of items that a consumer desires for purchase; means for receiving via the network an item advertisement from a non- merchant provider, the item advertisement comprising a description of at least one item; means for selecting an item desired for purchase, wherein the item desired for purchase is selected from the at least one item described in the item advertisement received from the non-merchant provider; means for identifying, from the plurality of purchase lists, a purchase list on which to save the selected item; means for receiving an input from the consumer to identify a third party consumer with whom the identified purchase list is to be shared; and means for receiving an initiation input from a consumer to transmit the identified purchase list from the consumer system to the identified third party consumer. 81. A network-connected consumer device comprising: a plurality of purchase lists, each purchase list comprising a list of items that a consumer desires; a first consumer mechanism that receives an item advertisement from a network-connected non-merchant provider, the item advertisement comprising a description of at least one item; a second consumer mechanism that receives an input from a consumer to select an item desired for purchase, wherein the item desired for purchase isPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007