Integrated electronic commerce system and method
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1. A method comprising:
- providing an electronic commerce application at a server;
providing a first user interface at a client having an icon associated with a module at the client and the electronic commerce application;
validating, at the server, the client using an identifier associated with the client and validating a user associated with the client in response to clicking the icon; and
allowing a second user interface to access the electronic commerce application on the server based on the validation of the client and the validation of the user.
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Abstract
An integrated electronic commerce system (10) may include a server system (12) comprising a plurality of electronic commerce applications (44) and a server security system (46). The electronic commerce applications (44) may comprise an electronic mail application (52), a web server application (54), and a file transfer application (56). The server security system (46) may validate a client system (14) and download information operable to enable a service manager (90) of the client system (14) to invoke the electronic mail application (52), the web server application (54), and the file transfer application (56) to send and receive data over a network (18).
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63 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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providing an electronic commerce application at a server;
providing a first user interface at a client having an icon associated with a module at the client and the electronic commerce application;
validating, at the server, the client using an identifier associated with the client and validating a user associated with the client in response to clicking the icon; and
allowing a second user interface to access the electronic commerce application on the server based on the validation of the client and the validation of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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17. A system comprising:
software operable to;
provide an electronic commerce application at a server;
provide a first user interface at a client having an icon associated with a module at the client and the electronic commerce application;
validate, at the server, the client using an identifier associated with the client and validating a user associated with the client in response to clicking the icon; and
allow a second user interface to access the electronic commerce application on the server based on the validation of the client and the validation of the user.
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33. A system comprising:
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means for providing an electronic commerce application at a server;
means for providing a first user interface at a client having an icon associated with a module at the client and the electronic commerce application;
means for validating, at the server, the client using an identifier associated with the client and validating a user associated with the client in response to clicking the icon; and
means for allowing a second user interface to access the electronic commerce application on the server based on the validation of the client and the validation of the user. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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34. A method comprising:
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providing an electronic commerce application at a server;
providing a first user interface at a client having an icon associated with a module at the client and the electronic commerce application;
activating, by the module, a second user interface at the client in response to clicking the icon;
validating the client at the server using an identifier previously downloaded to the client;
validating a user associated with the client at the server; and
allowing the second user interface to access the electronic commerce application on the server based on the validation of the client and the validation of the user.
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44. A system comprising:
software operable to;
provide an electronic commerce application at a server;
provide a first user interface at a client having an icon associated with a module at the client and the electronic commerce application;
activate, by the module, a second user interface at the client in response to clicking the icon;
validate the client at the server using an identifier previously downloaded to the client;
validate a user associated with the client at the server; and
allow the second user interface to access the electronic commerce application on the server based on the validation of the client and the validation of the user. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A system comprising:
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means for providing an electronic commerce application at a server;
means for providing a first user interface at a client having an icon associated with a module at the client and the electronic commerce application;
means for activating, by the module, a second user interface at the client in response to clicking the icon;
means for validating the client at the server using an identifier previously downloaded to the client;
means for validating a user associated with the client at the server; and
means for allowing the second user interface to access the electronic commerce application on the server based on the validation of the client and the validation of the user.
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55. A method comprising:
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providing an electronic commerce application at a server;
providing a first user interface at a client having an application icon and a logon icon;
validating the client at the server using an identifier previously downloaded to the client in response to clicking the logon icon;
validating a user associated with the client at the server in response to clicking the logon icon;
activating, by the module, a second user interface at the client in response to clicking the application icon; and
allowing the second user interface to access the electronic commerce application on the server based on the validation of the client and the validation of the user. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62)
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59. A system comprising:
software operable to;
provide an electronic commerce application at a server;
provide a first user interface at a client having an application icon and a logon icon;
validate the client at the server using an identifier previously downloaded to the client in response to clicking the logon icon;
validate a user associated with the client at the server in response to clicking the logon icon;
activate, by the module, a second user interface at the client in response to clicking the application icon; and
allow the second user interface to access the electronic commerce application on the server based on the validation of the client and the validation of the user.
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63. A system comprising:
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means for providing an electronic commerce application at a server;
means for providing a first user interface at a client having an application icon and a logon icon;
means for validating the client at the server using an identifier previously downloaded to the client in response to clicking the logon icon;
means for validating a user associated with the client at the server in response to clicking the logon icon;
means for activating, by the module, a second user interface at the client in response to clicking the application icon; and
means for allowing the second user interface to access the electronic commerce application on the server based on the validation of the client and the validation of the user.
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