System and methods for providing financial account information over a network
First Claim
1. A method for providing messages to a user located at a client system in a network while the client system is displaying in a window a web page associated with a web site provided by a web server, the method comprising:
- determining that the user has registered the client system with a financial account issuer and elected to receive discount messages on the client system;
determining that the user is accessing the web site and has attempted to purchase an item offered by the web site;
determining, based on the user election and the attempt to purchase, that the web site is included in a list of web sites;
accessing, based on the accessed website being included in the list, account information for a financial account associated with the user provided by the financial account issuer;
providing a first message for display by the client system in the window after accessing the account information, wherein the first message includes an offer for a first purchase discount conditioned on the user purchasing the item from the accessed web site using the financial account;
providing a second message for display by the client system in the window, wherein the second message includes an offer for a second purchase discount conditioned on the user purchasing an item from an alternate web site from the list; and
receiving an indication from the client system that the item was purchased from the accessed web site using the first purchase discount.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing financial account messages to customers while accessing web sites is disclosed. Methods, systems and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention enable a financial account issuer to provide an application to customer'"'"'s computer system over a network. The application may be configured to provide various messages associated with the customer'"'"'s financial account provided by the financial account issuer while the customer browses web sites. The financial account messages may be configured to provide interactive and dynamically changing account status information based on attempted purchases of goods and/or services by the customer at merchants'"'"' web sites. The application may also be configured to provide rating information associated with web sites accessed by the customer.
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1. A method for providing messages to a user located at a client system in a network while the client system is displaying in a window a web page associated with a web site provided by a web server, the method comprising:
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determining that the user has registered the client system with a financial account issuer and elected to receive discount messages on the client system; determining that the user is accessing the web site and has attempted to purchase an item offered by the web site; determining, based on the user election and the attempt to purchase, that the web site is included in a list of web sites; accessing, based on the accessed website being included in the list, account information for a financial account associated with the user provided by the financial account issuer; providing a first message for display by the client system in the window after accessing the account information, wherein the first message includes an offer for a first purchase discount conditioned on the user purchasing the item from the accessed web site using the financial account; providing a second message for display by the client system in the window, wherein the second message includes an offer for a second purchase discount conditioned on the user purchasing an item from an alternate web site from the list; and receiving an indication from the client system that the item was purchased from the accessed web site using the first purchase discount. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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