Integrating third party shopping cart applications with an online payment service
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, from a third party shopping cart application, detailed information concerning one or more items placed by a user in a virtual shopping cart hosted by a merchant web site, the detailed information being sent by the third party shopping cart application in response to a user request to proceed with a payment for the one or more items; and
upon receiving the detailed information from the third party shopping cart application, communicating to the user via a communications network one or more user interfaces that facilitate processing of the payment for the one or more items, the one or more user interfaces allowing the user to view content of the virtual shopping cart.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, detailed information concerning items placed by a user in a virtual shopping cart hosted by a merchant web site is received from a third party shopping cart application. The detailed information is sent by the third party shopping cart application in response to a user request to proceed with a payment for the items. Once the detailed information is received, the user is presented with one or more user interfaces facilitating processing of the payment. The user interfaces allow the user to view the content of the virtual shopping cart.
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24 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, from a third party shopping cart application, detailed information concerning one or more items placed by a user in a virtual shopping cart hosted by a merchant web site, the detailed information being sent by the third party shopping cart application in response to a user request to proceed with a payment for the one or more items; and
upon receiving the detailed information from the third party shopping cart application, communicating to the user via a communications network one or more user interfaces that facilitate processing of the payment for the one or more items, the one or more user interfaces allowing the user to view content of the virtual shopping cart. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus comprising:
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a third party shopping cart interface to receive, from a third party shopping cart application, detailed information concerning one or more items placed by a user in a virtual shopping cart hosted by a merchant web site, the detailed information being sent by the third party shopping cart application in response to a user request to proceed with a payment for the one or more items; and
a payment processor to communicate, upon receiving the detailed information from the third party shopping cart application, to the user via a communications network one or more user interfaces that facilitate processing of the payment for the one or more items, the one or more user interfaces allowing the user to view content of the virtual shopping cart. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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a merchant web site to implement a third-party shopping cart application that allows a user to place one or more items offered by the merchant web site in a virtual shopping cart hosted by the merchant web site;
a client, coupled to the merchant web site via a communications network, to present user interface information that facilitates processing of a user payment for the one or more items in the virtual shopping cart; and
an online payment service, coupled to the merchant web site and the client via the communications network, to receive detailed information concerning the one or more items in the virtual shopping cart from the third-party shopping cart application, and to communicate to the user via the communications network one or more user interfaces that facilitate processing of the payment for the one or more items, the one or more user interfaces allowing the user to view content of the virtual shopping cart. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
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receiving, from a third party shopping cart application, detailed information concerning one or more items placed by a user in a virtual shopping cart hosted by a merchant web site, the detailed information being sent by the third party shopping cart application in response to a user request to proceed with a payment for the one or more items; and
upon receiving the detailed information from the third party shopping cart application, communicating to the user via a communications network one or more user interfaces that facilitate processing of the payment for the one or more items, the one or more user interfaces allowing the user to view content of the virtual shopping cart. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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