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US 6,061,057 AGranted
Network commercial system using visual link objects
AssigneeQuickBuy, Inc.
InventorsKenneth Charles Knowlton, Gary Steven Miliefsky, Gregory Scarle
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AssigneeQuickBuy, Inc.
InventorsKenneth Charles Knowlton, Gary Steven Miliefsky, Gregory Scarle
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Apparatus and methods for executing business transactions and transferring subscribed for and periodically updated information across networks using of encapsulated, self contained visual link objects that include a displayable image representing the contents of the visual link object, a dataset forming the contents of the object, and additional information wherein the contents of a visual link object are determined by the nature of an intended transaction or the nature of the information to be distributed. Also described are apparatus and methods for creating and distributing graphical user interfaces for application programs, for customization of applications programs, and methods for multi-level encapsulation of visual link objects to protect the contents thereof from unauthorized access, together with alternate implementations of visual link objects.
A system for executing electronic business transactions including a server system and a buyer system interconnected and communicating through a network, the server system and the buyer system each including a memory for storing data and programs, a processor operating under control of the programs to perform operations on the data and a network interface for communicating through the network, the buyer system including a display for displaying data and operations related to a business transaction and a user input for allowing a user of the buyer system to provide inputs for executing a business transaction, comprising:
A system for executing electronic business transactions including a server system and a buyer system interconnected and communicating through a network, the server system and the buyer system each including a memory for storing data and programs, a processor operating under control of the programs to perform operations on the data and a network interface for communicating through the network, the buyer system including a display for displaying data and operations related to a business transaction and a user input for allowing a user of the buyer system to provide inputs for executing a business transaction, comprising:
A system for executing electronic business transactions including a server system and a buyer system interconnected and communicating through a network, the server system and the buyer system each including a memory for storing data and programs, a processor operating under control of the programs to perform operations on the data and a network interface for communicating through the network, the buyer system including a display for displaying data and operations related to a business transaction and a user input for allowing a user of the buyer system to provide inputs for executing a business transaction, comprising:
A system for executing electronic business transactions including a server system and a buyer system interconnected and communicating through a network, the server system and the buyer system each including a memory for storing data and programs, a processor operating under control of the programs to perform operations on the data and a network interface for communicating through the network, the buyer system including a display for displaying data and operations related to a business transaction and a user input for allowing a user of the buyer system to provide inputs for executing a business transaction, comprising:
A system for executing electronic business transactions including a server system and a buyer system interconnected and communicating through a network, the server system and the buyer system each including a memory for storing data and programs, a processor operating under control of the programs to perform operations on the data and a network interface for communicating through the network, the buyer system including a display for displaying data and operations related to a business transaction and a user input for allowing a user of the buyer system to provide inputs for executing a business transaction, comprising:
A system for executing electronic business transactions including a server system and a buyer system interconnected and communicating through a network, the server system and the buyer system each including a memory for storing data and programs, a processor operating under control of the programs to perform operations on the data and a network interface for communicating through the network, the buyer system including a display for displaying data and operations related to a business transaction and a user input for allowing a user of the buyer system to provide inputs for executing a business transaction, comprising:
A system for executing electronic business transactions including a server system and a buyer system interconnected and communicating through a network, the server system and the buyer system each including a memory for storing data and programs, a processor operating under control of the programs to perform operations on the data and a network interface for communicating through the network, the buyer system including a display for displaying data and operations related to a business transaction and a user input for allowing a user of the buyer system to provide inputs for executing a business transaction, comprising:
A system for executing electronic business transactions including a server system and a buyer system interconnected and communicating through a network, the server system and the buyer system each including a memory for storing data and programs, a processor operating under control of the programs to perform operations on the data and a network interface for communicating through the network, the buyer system including a display for displaying data and operations related to a business transaction and a user input for allowing a user of the buyer system to provide inputs for executing a business transaction, comprising:
A system for executing electronic business transactions including a server system and a buyer system interconnected and communicating through a network, the server system and the buyer system each including a memory for storing data and programs, a processor operating under control of the programs to perform operations on the data and a network interface for communicating through the network, the buyer system including a display for displaying data and operations related to a business transaction and a user input for allowing a user of the buyer system to provide inputs for executing a business transaction, comprising:
A system for executing electronic business transactions including a server system and a buyer system interconnected and communicating through a network, the server system and the buyer system each including a memory for storing data and programs, a processor operating under control of the programs to perform operations on the data and a network interface for communicating through the network, the buyer system including a display for displaying data and operations related to a business transaction and a user input for allowing a user of the buyer system to provide inputs for executing a business transaction, comprising:
A system for executing electronic business transactions including a server system and a buyer system interconnected and communicating through a network, the server system and the buyer system each including a memory for storing data and programs, a processor operating under control of the programs to perform operations on the data and a network interface for communicating through the network, the buyer system including a display for displaying data and operations related to a business transaction and a user input for allowing a user of the buyer system to provide inputs for executing a business transaction, comprising:
A system for executing electronic business transactions including a server system and a buyer system interconnected and communicating through a network, the server system and the buyer system each including a memory for storing data and programs, a processor operating under control of the programs to perform operations on the data and a network interface for communicating through the network, the buyer system including a display for displaying data and operations related to a business transaction and a user input for allowing a user of the buyer system to provide inputs for executing a business transaction, comprising:
An information broadcast system for selectively broadcasting information from a server system to a user of a buyer system wherein the server system and the buyer system are interconnected and communicate through a network, the server system and the buyer system each including a memory for storing data and programs, a processor operating under control of the programs to perform operations on the data and a network interface for communicating through the network, the buyer system including a display for displaying data and operations related to the broadcast of information and a user input for allowing a user of the buyer system to provide inputs related to the receiving of broadcast information, comprising:
A system for distributing graphical user interface definitions for customizing application programs from a server system to a buyer system that are interconnected and communicate through a network, the server system and the buyer system each including a memory for storing data and programs, a processor operating under control of the programs to perform operations on the data and a network interface for communicating through the network, the buyer system including at least one application program to be customized, a display for displaying data and operations related to operations of the application program and a user input for controlling operations of the buyer system, comprising:
In a system for storing and operating with visual link objects, including distributing visual link objects from the system to a second system wherein the system and the second system are interconnected and communicate through a network and each include a memory for storing data and programs, a processor operating under control of the programs to perform operations on the data and a network interface for communicating through the network, and each visual link object is a single self-contained entity and includes as integral parts of the visual link object a displayable image residing at the start of the visual link object and representing the contents of the visual link object, an appendix residing in the visual link object following the displayable image and containing the contents of the visual link object, and a postscript residing near the end of the visual link object and containing information relating to the visual link object, including at least a postscript length field containing the length of the postscript, a method for encapsulating a visual link object, comprising the steps of:
In a system for storing and operating with visual link objects, including distributing visual link objects from the system to a second system wherein the system and the second system are interconnected and communicate through a network and each include a memory for storing data and programs, a processor operating under control of the programs to perform operations on the data and a network interface for communicating through the network, and each visual link object is a single self-contained entity and includes as integral parts of the visual link image a displayable image residing at the start of the visual link object and representing the contents of the visual link object, an appendix residing in the visual link object following the displayable image and containing the contents of the visual link object, and a postscript residing near the end of the visual link object and containing information relating to the visual link object, including at least a postscript length field containing the length of the postscript, a method for encapsulating a visual link object, comprising the steps of:
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