Electronic commerce checkout system
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorPaul Huber
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Abstract
The customer selects products from the manufacturer's web site and places them into an electronic shopping cart administered by the manufacturer's site. Instead of proceeding through a checkout line at the manufacturer's site, the system captures all pertinent information regarding the customer's selections and forwards them to a retail site designated by the manufacturer or of the customer's choosing. The transfer of shopping cart information is effected so that the customer finds himself or herself directly in the checkout line of the designated retailer, thereby eliminating the need to fill a shopping cart through product selection at the retail site.
Claims18
A method of transacting electronic commerce, comprising:
- from a first entity site, serving a product selection page by which a customer through a browser selects at least one product for placement into an electronic shopping cart;
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- from the first entity site, serving electronic shopping cart transfer instructions to the customer browser that causes the customer browser to request service from a checkout line of a second entity site that automatically transfers the contents of the electronic shopping cart to the checkout line of the second entity site that conducts checkout processing of the at least one product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.