Method and system for facilitating commerce via a communications network
First Claim
1. In a computer system comprising a client component in communication with a server component, the server component configured to receive a request from the client component and serve content to the client component responsive to the request, the content being related to a web site stored on the server component, the client component executing a computer program configured to process the content received from the server component to create a graphical display representative of a portion of the web site, the web site including first and second pages, the first page including at least one item which a user may select for purchase, the second page including at least one item selected for purchase by the user from the at least one item on the first page, a method comprising an act of:
- (A) serving, by the server component, content to the client component, the content being related to the first page of the web site, the content containing at least one command, wherein the at least one command, when executed by the computer program, causes an input mechanism included in the graphical display to be populated with a quantity value when the user indicates that an item corresponding to the input mechanism is selected for purchase, the quantity value indicating the quantity of the item for purchase.
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Abstract
System and methods are provided whereby a user may indicate, via an input mechanism, that an item should be selected for purchase from a web site, and the input mechanism is automatically populated with a quantity value indicating the quantity of the item that is to be purchased. As a result, the user need not separately indicate (1) that the item should be selected for purchase, and (2) the quantity of the item that should be purchased. In one embodiment, a web server provides content to a client system which includes commands that, when executed, cause the input mechanism to be automatically populated with a quantity value upon receiving the user'"'"'s selection indication. The quantity value may be configurable based on the particular requirements of the web site and/or user.
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46 Claims
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1. In a computer system comprising a client component in communication with a server component, the server component configured to receive a request from the client component and serve content to the client component responsive to the request, the content being related to a web site stored on the server component, the client component executing a computer program configured to process the content received from the server component to create a graphical display representative of a portion of the web site, the web site including first and second pages, the first page including at least one item which a user may select for purchase, the second page including at least one item selected for purchase by the user from the at least one item on the first page, a method comprising an act of:
(A) serving, by the server component, content to the client component, the content being related to the first page of the web site, the content containing at least one command, wherein the at least one command, when executed by the computer program, causes an input mechanism included in the graphical display to be populated with a quantity value when the user indicates that an item corresponding to the input mechanism is selected for purchase, the quantity value indicating the quantity of the item for purchase. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. At least one computer-readable medium encoded with instructions for performing a method in a computer system comprising a client component in communication with a server component, the server component configured to receive a request from the client component and serve content to the client component responsive to the request, the content being related to a web site stored on the server component, the client component executing a computer program configured to process the content received from the server component to create a graphical display representative of a portion of the web site, the web site including first and second pages, the first page including at least one item which a user may select for purchase, the second page including at least one item selected for purchase by the user from the at least one item on the first page, a method comprising an act of:
(A) serving, by the server component, content to the client component, the content being related to the first page of the web site, the content containing at least one command, wherein the at least one command, when executed by the computer program, causes an input mechanism included in the graphical display to be populated with a quantity value when the user indicates that an item corresponding to the input mechanism is selected for purchase, the quantity value indicating the quantity of the item for purchase. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A server component in a system comprising a client component in communication with the server component, the client component executing a computer program configured to issue a request to the server component and process content received from the server component to create a graphical display representative of a web site for a user, the server component including:
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a storage component for storing the web site, the web site including first and second pages, the first page including at least one item which a user may select for purchase, the second page including at least one item selected for purchase by the user from the at least one item on the first page;
a request controller to receive the request from the client component; and
a content controller for serving the content to the client component responsive to the request, the content being related to the first page of the web site, the content containing at least one command, wherein the at least one command, when executed by the computer program, causes an input mechanism included in the graphical display to be populated with a quantity value when the user indicates that an item corresponding to the input mechanism is selected for purchase, the quantity value indicating the quantity of the item for purchase. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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