Method and system for maximizing credit card purchasing power and minimizing interest costs over the internet
First Claim
1. A method for facilitating an electronic commerce (e-commerce) transaction by a consumer, said method comprising:
- (a) acquiring a purchase amount for an e-commerce transaction between a consumer and an Internet shopping portal;
(b) querying each of a plurality of consumer accounts for associated financial information;
(c) evaluating said associated financial information obtained for each of said plurality of consumer accounts; and
(d) facilitating a selection of one or more accounts based on said evaluation step to enable the consumer to complete said e-commerce transaction.
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Abstract
According the present invention, there is provided a method and system for facilitating an electronic commerce (e-commerce) transaction by a consumer, the method comprising: acquiring a purchase amount for an e-commerce transaction between a consumer and an Internet shopping portal; querying each of a plurality of consumer accounts for associated financial information; evaluating said associated financial information obtained for each of the plurality of consumer accounts; and facilitating a selection of one or more accounts based on the evaluation step to enable the consumer to complete the e-commerce transaction.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for facilitating an electronic commerce (e-commerce) transaction by a consumer, said method comprising:
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(a) acquiring a purchase amount for an e-commerce transaction between a consumer and an Internet shopping portal;
(b) querying each of a plurality of consumer accounts for associated financial information;
(c) evaluating said associated financial information obtained for each of said plurality of consumer accounts; and
(d) facilitating a selection of one or more accounts based on said evaluation step to enable the consumer to complete said e-commerce transaction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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16. A method for facilitating an electronic commerce (e-commerce) transaction by a consumer, said method comprising:
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(a) acquiring a purchase amount for an e-commerce transaction between a consumer and an Internet shopping portal;
(b) querying each of a plurality of consumer accounts for associated financial information;
(c) evaluating said associated financial information obtained for each of said plurality of consumer accounts; and
(d) recommending an account to the consumer based on said evaluation step to thereby enable the consumer to select said account to complete said e-commerce transaction.
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17. A method for facilitating an electronic commerce (e-commerce) transaction by a consumer, said method comprising:
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(a) acquiring a purchase amount for an e-commerce transaction between a consumer and an Internet shopping portal;
(b) querying each of a plurality of consumer accounts for associated financial information;
(c) evaluating said associated financial information obtained for each of said plurality of consumer accounts;
(d) creating a virtual account to merge available balances of two or more of said plurality of consumer accounts to enable the consumer to fund said purchase amount; and
(e) funding said purchase amount drawn from said two or more consumer accounts to complete said e-commerce transaction.
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18. A system for facilitating electronic commerce (e-commerce) transactions by one or more consumers, said system comprising:
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(a) a registry website server for registering a plurality of consumer accounts for each consumer and for transmitting financial information associated therewith to an account manager frame at a consumer'"'"'s computer;
(b) a web browser at the consumer'"'"'s computer for communicating to an e-commerce server to perform an e-commerce transaction for a purchase amount, said transaction being initiated by the consumer at said web browser;
(c) said account management frame querying said registry website server to obtain said financial information for each of said plurality of consumer accounts, evaluating said financial information and facilitating the selection of one or more consumer accounts based on said evaluation to enable the consumer to complete said e-commerce transaction.
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25. A system for facilitating electronic commerce (e-commerce) transactions by one or more consumers, said system comprising:
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(a) a registry website server for registering a plurality of consumer accounts for each consumer and for transmitting financial information associated therewith to an account manager frame at a consumer'"'"'s computer, said consumer directing said account management frame to recommend one of consumer'"'"'s accounts for a purchase price associated with an e-commerce transaction;
(b) a web browser at the consumer'"'"'s computer for communicating to an e-commerce server to perform said e-commerce transaction, said transaction being initiated by the consumer at said web browser;
(c) said account management frame querying said registry website server to obtain said financial information for each of said plurality of consumer accounts, evaluating said financial information and recommending a consumer account based on said evaluation to enable the consumer to complete said e-commerce transaction.
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26. A system for facilitating electronic commerce (e-commerce) transactions by one or more consumers, said system comprising:
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(a) a registry website server for registering a plurality of consumer accounts for each consumer and for transmitting financial information associated therewith to an account manager frame at a consumer'"'"'s computer, said consumer directing said account management frame to merge one or more of consumer'"'"'s accounts for a purchase price associated with an e-commerce transaction;
(b) a web browser at the consumer'"'"'s computer for communicating to an e-commerce server to perform an e-commerce transaction, said transaction being initiated by the consumer at said web browser;
(c) said account management frame acquiring said purchase amount for said e-commerce transaction from the consumer, querying said registry website server to obtain said financial information for each of said plurality of consumer accounts, evaluating said financial information and enabling the consumer to create and fund a virtual account at said registry website by merging available balances of two or more consumer'"'"'s accounts to enable the consumer to complete said e-commerce transaction.
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