Method and apparatus for dynamic information connection engine
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for a dynamic information connection engine. User actions are detected on at least one client system. In response, a determination is made whether the user is searching for supported information. When the user is searching for supported information, information is extracted electronically from third party web sites, direct supplier connections, and intermediate databases. Potential information suppliers are automatically selected in response to the detected user search. Queries are formulated from the user search and transferred to each selected supplier over a network coupling. The queries include a request for information. Responses are received from the suppliers, and the responses are used to generate a result list for the user. The result list includes information and query status information. Further, an electronic link may be provided to a web site of each supplier from which the information was derived.
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96 Claims
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63. A method, comprising:
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initiating at least one communication session between an intermediate server and at least one information supplier;
conducting the communication session, wherein the communication session comprises transmitting, from the information supplier to the intermediate server, web page context information associated with the information supplier;
transmitting intermediate web page context information from the intermediate server to client software on a user computer; and
providing, from the client software to browser software on the user computer, data related to the intermediate web page context information. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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84. A web page access method, comprising:
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receiving a transaction request transmitted from a user computer to an intermediate server;
initiating at least one communication session with at least one information supplier, wherein the communication session is initiated from the intermediate server based upon the transaction request from the user computer;
conducting the communication session, wherein the communication session comprises transmitting, from the information supplier to the intermediate server, web page context information associated with the information supplier;
transmitting intermediate web page context information from the intermediate server to client software on the user computer; and
providing, from the client software to browser software on the user computer, data related to the intermediate web page context information. - View Dependent Claims (85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90)
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91. A web page access method, comprising:
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receiving a transaction request transmitted from a user computer to an intermediate server;
initiating at least one communication session with at least one information supplier, wherein the communication session is initiated from the intermediate server based upon the transaction request from the user computer;
conducting the communication session, wherein the communication session comprises at least one request from the intermediate server to the information supplier and at least one response from the information supplier to the intermediate server, and wherein the response from the information supplier comprises web page context information;
storing the web page context information at the intermediate server;
generating at least one result list displayed at the user computer, wherein the result list includes at least one URL link to a website purchase page utilized for purchasing an item from the information supplier; and
transmitting the intermediate web page context information from the intermediate server to the user computer after the URL link is selected, wherein the selected URL link is associated with the web page context information. - View Dependent Claims (92, 93, 94, 95, 96)
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