Methods and systems for simplifying ordering from online shops

An agent server configured to simplify ordering of products from online shops via the Internet, the agent server comprising:

• a web proxy service configured to receive, from a client device, captured contents of a product webpage that are captured in response to a user of the client device using a web-browser plug-in to indicate that that the user wants to order a product that is at least one of shown or described on the product webpage, wherein the product webpage is one of a plurality of webpages of a website that is hosted by or on behalf of an online shop, and wherein the product that the user indicated that the user wants to order is at least one of a good or a service that is offered by the online shop;
• an artificial intelligence (AI) service configured to autonomously derive product information from the captured contents of the product webpage received from the client device, wherein the product information is indicative of the product that the user indicated that the user wants to order from the online shop;
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• the AI service also configured to use the derived product information to autonomously control ordering of the product for the user from the online shop, without requiring that the user have an account with the online shop, without requiring that the user enter personal and payment information in a check-out webpage of the online shop, without requiring that the user initiate a buy, shopping cart, or check-out process on the website that is hosted by or on behalf of the online shop, and without requiring that the online shop utilize an application program interface (API) to enable the agent server to interact with the online shop.

A method for simplifying ordering from online shops accessible via the Internet, the method comprising:

• an agent server receiving, from a client device or a third party website that is visited by a user using the client device, a web address corresponding to a product webpage for a product that the user wants to order from an online shop;
• the agent server autonomously using a web browser to visit the received web address corresponding to the product webpage for the product that the user wants to order from the online shop;
• the agent server autonomously capturing contents of the product webpage;
• the agent server autonomously deriving product information from the captured contents of the product webpage, wherein the product information is indicative of the product that the user indicated that the user wants to order from the online shop;
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• the agent server, using the derived product information, autonomously controlling ordering of the product for the user from the online shop, without requiring that the user have an account with the online shop, without requiring that the user enter personal and payment information in a check-out webpage of the online shop, without requiring that the user initiate a buy, shopping cart, or check-out process on a website that is hosted by or on behalf of the online shop, and without requiring that the online shop utilize an application program interface (API) to enable the agent server to interact with the online shop.

An agent server configured to simplify ordering of products from online shops via the Internet, the agent server comprising:

• a web proxy service configured to receive, from a client device or a third party website that is visited by a user using the client device, a web address corresponding to a product webpage for a product that the user wants to order from an online shop;
• an artificial intelligence (AI) service configured to autonomously use a web browser to visit the web address corresponding to the received product webpage for the product that the user wants to order from the online shop;
• the AI service configured to autonomously capture contents of the product webpage that is autonomously visited;
• the AI service configured to autonomously derive product information from the captured contents of the product webpage, wherein the product information is indicative of the product that the user indicated that the user wants to order from the online shop;
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• the AI service configured to use the derived product information to autonomously control ordering of the product for the user from the online shop, without requiring that the user have an account with the online shop, without requiring that the user enter personal and payment information in a check-out webpage of the online shop, without requiring that the user initiate a buy, shopping cart, or check-out process on the website that is hosted by or on behalf of the online shop, and without requiring that the online shop utilize an application program interface (API) to enable the agent server to interact with the online shop.