US 2008/0301003 A1 · System for Online Buying

Abstract

A digital rights management (DRM) storage device acts as a virtual browser and server functioning as an offline shopping mall. Cookies and similar information stored can be maintained on the DRM device. When attached to an online host (or a host to which it is attached is placed online) the device becomes an automated portal to online shopping (e-shopping) sites. Based on possession of the device, it can act as an authenticator, independent of the need to enter names or passwords. The secure storage ability of the device can also allow it to act as a secure connector with server by securely storing credit card and other sensitive personal information within the DRM device, rather than being maintained on a server associated with a merchant's website, on a personal computer or hosting device, or both.

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Dependent claims

A portable device for use with one or more digital appliances, comprising:

a non-volatile memory partitioned into at least open and hidden portions, where a digital appliance in communication with the device has direct access to the open portion but not the hidden portion, and
a processor having access to the data content to render the data content to the digital appliance, where, in response to an indication from the digital appliance of one or more items selected from catalog information stored in the open portion of the memory and the digital appliance being online, the processor automatically transfers user related information for completing an online transaction stored in the hidden portion to a website associated with the catalog information.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System for Online Buying

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System for Online Buying

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