Method for managing commerce contexts

• US 20040260757A1
• Filed: 12/10/2003
• Published: 12/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chan, Victor S., Mirlas, Lev, Kwok, Raymond K.M., Dunn, Robert M.H., Fok, Madeline K.Y.
• Granted Patent: US 7,447,781 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/200
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/142 Managing session states for stateless protocols; Signalling session states; State transitions; Keeping-state mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A method for managing commerce contexts between a direct commerce context and a temporary commerce context in a client session. Commerce context parameters are associated with the direct and temporary commerce contexts. The commerce context associated with a client request is determined according to the commerce context parameters associated with the client request.

Claims

1. For a data processing system, a method for managing commerce contexts, the data processing system being associated with a direct commerce context and a temporary commerce context, the data processing system being operatively coupled to memory having a session area, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving a client request associated with a commerce context parameter; and

determining the commerce context associated with said commerce context parameter.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of determining the commerce context associated with said commerce context parameter includes determining whether said commerce context parameter identifies said direct commerce context or said temporary commerce context.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising the step of constructing the commerce context associated with said commerce context parameter.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein said commerce context parameter is included in said client request.

5. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein said commerce context parameter is defined in the session area.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein said client request further includes a second commerce context parameter, and wherein said method further comprises the step of defining said second commerce context parameter in the session area.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising the step of executing said client request using said constructed commerce context.

8. A computer program product having a computer readable medium tangibly embodying code for directing a data processing system to manage commerce contexts, the data processing system being associated with a direct commerce context and a temporary commerce context, the data processing system being operatively coupled to memory having a session area, said computer program product comprising:

code for receiving a client request associated with a commerce context parameter; and

code for determining the commerce context associated with said commerce context parameter.

9. The computer program product as claimed in claim 8, wherein the code for determining the commerce context associated with said commerce context parameter includes code for determining whether said commerce context parameter identifies said direct commerce context or said temporary commerce context.

10. The computer program product as claimed in claim 9, further comprising code for constructing the commerce context associated with said commerce context parameter.

11. The computer program product as claimed in claim 10, wherein said commerce context parameter is included in said client request.

12. The computer program product as claimed in claim 10, wherein said commerce context parameter is defined in the session area.

13. The computer program product as claimed in claim 11, wherein said client request further includes a second commerce context parameter, and wherein said computer program product further comprises code for defining said second commerce context parameter in the session area.

14. The computer program product as claimed in claim 13, further comprising code for executing said client request using said constructed commerce context.

15. A data processing system for managing commerce contexts, said data processing system being associated with a direct commerce context and a temporary commerce context, said data processing system being operatively coupled to memory having a session area, said data processing system comprising:

a module for receiving a client request associated with a commerce context parameter; and

a module for determining the commerce context associated with said commerce context parameter.

16. The data processing system as claimed in claim 15, wherein said module for determining the commerce context associated with said commerce context parameter includes a component for determining whether said commerce context parameter identifies said direct commerce context or said temporary commerce context.

17. The data processing system as claimed in claim 16, further comprising a module for constructing the commerce context associated with said commerce context parameter.

18. The data processing system as claimed in claim 17, wherein said commerce context parameter is included in said client request.

19. The data processing system as claimed in claim 17, wherein said commerce context parameter is defined in the session area.

20. The data processing system as claimed in claim 18, wherein said client request further includes a second commerce context parameter, and wherein said data processing system further includes a component for defining said second commerce context parameter in the session area.

21. The data processing system as claimed in claim 20, further comprising a component for executing said client request using said constructed commerce context.