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US 7,072,856 B1Granted
Communication enhancement means
OwnerAl Nachominventor
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Abstract
A method and system for placing an order for an item via the Internet. The item may be related to the subject matter of a first site being visited by a user or may be related to the subject matter of a purchase transaction conducted by the user on the first site. The first site issues a request to a second site to provide a related item from purchase by the user. The second site provides a display component having actuation unit thereon for the user to assent to or decline the purchase of the related item. If the user declines the item, the display component is removed. If the user assents to the purchase of the item, the second site receives the billing and user information from the first site in a secure fashion, and the item is delivered to the user either by the second site or by outsourcing.
Claims30
A method comprising:
- obtaining a first set of electronic information to be displayed to a user from a first source on a network, wherein the first set of electronic information comprises information identifying a first transaction to be made;
- accepting transaction data to effect the first transaction;
- routing the transaction data to a second source;
- requesting a second set of electronic information to be displayed to the user from the second source on the network, wherein the second set of electronic information comprises information identifying a second transaction to be made;
- providing data to display to the user a visual representation of the second set of electronic information as though originating from the first source;
- and
- accepting a transaction authorization directed to the first source for the second transaction.
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A system comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory coupled to said processor and containing code which when executed;
- obtains from a first source on a network a first set of information to be displayed to a user, wherein the first set of information comprises information identifying a first transaction;
- accepts transaction data from the user to effect the first transaction;
- notifies a second source of the first transaction;
- obtains from the second source on the network, data to display to the user a visual representation of a second set of information identifying a transaction as though originating from the first source;
- obtains user assent to share the transaction data with the second source;
- forwards the transaction data to the second source;
- and
- wherein notifying a second source and obtaining from the second source comprise autonomously communicating with the second source without the user's knowledge.
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An article of manufacture comprising:
- a machine-readable medium having program therein which when accessed by a processor causes a computer to obtain a first set of information from a first source on a network, wherein the first set of information comprises information identifying a first product or service to be purchased;
- display the first set of information to a user as provided from a first source;
- accept billing information from the user needed to pay for a sale of the first product or service;
- obtain a second set of information from a second source on the network, without further user action and without the user's knowledge of the obtaining a second set of information, wherein the second set of information comprises information identifying a second product or service to be purchased;
- display the second set of information to a user as provided from the first source;
- accept a purchase authorization directed to the first source for the second product or service, wherein the purchase authorization comprises a user authorization to share the billing information with a second source;
- and
- forward the billing information to the second source.
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A system comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory coupled to said processor and containing code which when executed obtains from an associated first source a first set of information to be displayed to a user, wherein the first set of information comprises information identifying a first transaction;
- accepts transaction data from the user to effect the first transaction;
- notifies an associated second source of the first transaction;
- obtains from the associated second source, data to display to the user a visual representation of a second set of information identifying a second transaction;
- and forwards the transaction data to the second source.
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A method comprising:
- providing a first set of electronic information to be displayed to a user, wherein the first set of electronic information comprises information identifying a first transaction associated with a first source;
- accepting transaction data from the user to effect the first transaction;
- and
- providing data to be displayed to the user without the user's knowledge of an origin of a second set of information and that contains the second set of electronic information obtained from a second source and that identifies a second transaction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.