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E-mail invoked electronic commerce

  • US 10,089,667 B2
  • Filed: 09/14/2012
  • Issued: 10/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/07/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for conducting consumer transactions with any of a plurality of merchant computers over a network, comprising:

  • a consumer information server implemented with one or more hardware processors, configured to;

    receive, by a network interface of the consumer information server that communicates with the network, a connection request from a consumer device in response to an email message transmitted to the consumer device, the email message comprising a purchase offer for an item requested by the consumer device, and the connection request indicating the purchase offer;

    determine whether a consumer associated with the consumer device is registered with the consumer information server, wherein the consumer is determined to be registered when the connection request includes a confirmation that the consumer device stores a browser identifier;

    based on a determination that the consumer is not registered with the consumer information server, collect purchasing information associated with the consumer, wherein the purchasing information is used to communicate information responsive to the purchase offer with a merchant computer associated with the purchase offer, and determine a consumer intent for registering with the consumer information server;

    based on a determination of the consumer intent indicating registering with the consumer information server, set a register flag;

    if the register flag is set, transmit a registration request for registration information to be displayed on a web browser of the consumer device;

    receive the registration information, the registration information including one or more of a consumer identification number, a consumer electronic mail address, and consumer payment information;

    store the registration information;

    transmit the browser identifier to the consumer device; and

    enable the system to use the registration information for a subsequent consumer transaction associated with the consumer, without requiring the consumer to register separately with another merchant computer of the plurality of merchant computers to complete the subsequent consumer transaction.

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