System and method for e-commerce accessibility

• US 10,311,506 B1
• Filed: 04/22/2016
• Issued: 06/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Darren Floyd, David Frederick
• Original Assignee: Darren Floyd, David Frederick
• Inventors: Frederick, David, Floyd, Darren
• Primary Examiner(s): Garg, Yogesh C
• Application Number:
  US15/136,031
• Time in Patent Office: 1,138 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2641, 705 271
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0214 Referral reward systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0246 Traffic
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

Disclosed are a system and a method enabling E-Commerce transactions without redirecting a user'"'"'s computer from one electronic publishing page to another electronic publishing page.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for conducting a commercial transaction over a computer accessible communication network with a computer-implemented system that comprises:

a plurality of user computers, a plurality of publisher systems each associated with a respective online publisher and each comprising at least one publisher computer or a plurality of publisher computers, a central processing system associated with an intermediary and comprising at least one central processing computer or a plurality of central processing computers, a plurality of seller systems each associated with a respective seller of at least one respective product and each comprising at least one seller computer or a plurality of seller computers, all the computers being configured to communicate via the computer accessible communication network, and at least one user computer from the plurality of user computers being configured with a computer executable code (a) to display content by an associated computer display, which is connected to the at least one user computer, (b) to receive instructions from a user via a user interface, and (c) to communicate with the central processing system to conduct an E-commerce transaction with the central processing system to purchase a product of one of the sellers, the computer executable code being configured to be transmittable from an electronic publishing page provided by one of the publisher systems when the electronic publishing page is accessed by the at least one user computer, the computer executable code, when executed by the user computer, does not redirect the at least one user computer from the electronic publishing page to another web page, the content includes at least one information section having information related to seller'"'"'s product and an action button, the action button, when selected by the user with user interface initiates an E-Commerce transaction by generating an order for the product, the computer executable code enables the display of an information display window by the computer display associated with the at least one user computer along with content of the electronic publishing page, the information display window displays the action button and the information related to the product, wherein the sellers, the online publishers, and the intermediary are not associated with one another, wherein the central processing system is configured to receive an order for the product placed through the window from the at least one user computer by the central processing system, and wherein the central processing system is configured to perform an E-commerce transaction by at least processing the order with at least one of the central processing computers and the seller system of the seller of the product, the method comprising;

receiving an order for a product from the at least one user computer by the central processing system, and performing an E-commerce transaction with the central processing system and the seller system of the product.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the computer accessible communication network includes a plurality of networked computers.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the central processing system performs a payment transaction with a seller computer of the seller system.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the another computer is a settlement processor configured to perform at least one of or all of address verification, fraud check, shipping cost calculation, tax cost calculation, and pre-authorization of a payment method.

5. A method according to claim 1, further comprising performing an inventory check for the product by checking an inventory database of the seller'"'"'s system.

6. A method according to claim 1, further comprising sending a message to the at least one user computer indicating that the E-Commerce transaction cannot be concluded.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein at least another user computer is configured with the computer executable code, and further comprising receiving an order for another product from the at least another user computer by the central processing system, and performing another E-commerce transaction with the central processing system and another seller system of the another product.

8. A method according to claim 6, wherein the central processing system performs a payment transaction with another seller computer of the another seller system.

9. A method according to claim 7, wherein the another computer is a settlement processor configured to perform at least one of or all of address verification, fraud check, shipping cost calculation, tax cost calculation, and pre-authorization of a payment method.

10. A method according to claim 1, wherein a seller product may be one of a shippable product, electronically deliverable product, electronically accessible service.

11. A method according to claim 1, wherein a product is an online publication.