Secure online communication through a widget on a web page

A server computer system, comprising:

• a processor;
• data storage;
• and
• server program code within the data storage and executable by the processor, wherein the server program code is configured to cause the server computer system, responsive to receipt of a request for the widget, to return the widget to a client device and to thereafter communicate information via a secure connection between the server computer system and the widget executing on the client device while maintaining user context at the client device in a particular web page in which the widget displays a presentation at the client device, wherein the server program code, in response to initiation of the secure connection by the widget, employs the secure connection to receive from the widget user payment information captured within the presentation of the widget;
• wherein the server program code is configured to cause the server computer system, responsive to receiving from the widget the user payment information captured within the presentation of the widget, to enable a download operation.

A program product, comprising:

• a data processing system-readable storage device;
• and
• server program code stored within the data processing system-readable storage device and executable by a server computer system, wherein the server program code is configured to cause the server computer system, responsive to receipt of a request for the widget, to return the widget to a client device and thereafter communicate information via a secure connection between the server computer system and the widget executing on the client device to capture, within a presentation of the widget, user payment information for a payment transaction while maintaining user context at the client device in a particular web page in which the widget displays the presentation at the client device, wherein the server program code, in response to initiation of the secure connection by the widget, employs the secure connection to receive from the widget user payment information captured within the presentation of the widget;
• wherein the server program code is configured to cause the server computer system, responsive to receiving from the widget the user payment information captured within the presentation of the widget, to enable a download operation.

A method of data processing, comprising:

• a client device requesting a web page via a network, wherein the web page is identified by an identifier and references a widget;
• in response to receipt of the requested web page, the client device requesting the widget referenced by the web page and presenting, within the requested web page, a presentation of the widget;
• thereafter, in response to receiving user payment information for a payment transaction within the presentation of the widget, the client device communicating the user payment information to a server via a secure connection between the widget on the client device and the server while maintaining user context at the client device in the requested web page, wherein the secure connection is initiated by the widget and employs a secure communication protocol implemented by the widget;
• in response to communicating the user payment information, the client device receiving a download.

A client device, comprising:

• a processor;
• data storage coupled to the processor;
• a display device coupled to present graphical presentations determined by the processor;
• a browser within the data storage and executable by the processor to cause the client device to request a web page from a server via a network, wherein the web page is identified by an identifier and references a widget, wherein responsive to receipt of the requested web page from the server, the browser causes the client device to request the widget referenced by the web page and to present, within the requested web page, a presentation of the widget;
• wherein the widget is executable by the processor to cause the client device to capture, within a presentation of the widget, user payment information for a payment transaction and to communicate the user payment information to the server via a secure connection between the widget and the server while the browser maintains user context of the client device in the web page, wherein the secure connection is initiated by the widget and employs a secure communication protocol implemented by the widget;
• and
• wherein the widget, in response to communicating the user payment information, causes the client device to request a download operation.

A program product, comprising:

• a data processing system readable storage device;
• and
• widget program code stored within the data processing system readable storage medium and executable by a client device, wherein, when executed by the client device, the widget program code, responsive to a user input via a presentation of a widget in a web page displayed in a browser window by a display device, causes the client device to capture, within the presentation of the widget program code, user payment information for a payment transaction and to communicate the user payment information to a server via a secure connection between the widget program code and the server while the browser maintains user context of the client device in the web page, wherein the secure connection is initiated by the widget program code and employs a secure communication protocol implemented by the widget program code;
• wherein the widget program code, in response to communicating the user payment information, causes the client device to request a download operation.