System and methods for providing financial account information over a network
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Abstract
A system and method for providing financial account messages to customers while accessing web sites is disclosed. Methods, systems and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention enable a financial account issuer to provide an application to customer'"'"'s computer system over a network. The application may be configured to provide various messages associated with the customer'"'"'s financial account provided by the financial account issuer while the customer browses web sites. The financial account messages may be configured to provide interactive and dynamically changing account status information based on attempted purchases of goods and/or services by the customer at merchants'"'"' web sites. The application may also be configured to provide rating information associated with web sites accessed by the customer.
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104 Claims
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24. A method for providing messages to a user located at a client system attached to a network while the client system is displaying a web page associated with a web site provided by a web server through the network, the method comprising:
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determining that the web site provided by the web server is included within a list of web sites;
determining, when the website is included in the list of websites, that the user is attempting to purchase a first item from the web site;
determining whether the first item is associated with an item list, wherein the item list includes items offered by each web site included in the web site list;
comparing a purchase price of the first item with a purchase price of a second item, which is included in the item list and offered by an alternate web site; and
presenting a message for display along with the web page based on the comparison, wherein the message includes an indication of the second item and the alternate web site. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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62. A computer-readable medium including instructions for performing a method, when executed by a processor, for providing messages to a user located at a client system attached to a network while the client system is displaying a web page associated with a web site provided by a web server through the network, the method comprising:
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determining that the web site provided by the web server is included within a list of web sites;
determining, when the website is included in the list of websites, that the user is attempting to purchase a first item from the web site;
determining whether the first item is associated with an item list, wherein the item list includes items offered by each web site included in the web site list;
comparing a purchase price of the first item with a purchase price of a second item, which is included in the item list and offered by an alternate web site; and
presenting a message for display along with the web page based on the comparison, wherein the message includes an indication of the second item and the alternate web site. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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98. A system for providing messages to a user located at a client system attached to a network while the client system is displaying a web page associated with a web site provided by a web server through the network, the system comprising:
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means for determining that the web site provided by the web server is included within a list of web sites;
means for determining, when the website is included in the list of websites, that the user is attempting to purchase a first item from the web site;
means for determining whether the first item is associated with an item list, wherein the item list includes items offered by each web site included in the web site list;
means for comparing a purchase price of the first item with a purchase price of a second item, which is included in the item list and offered by an alternate web site; and
means for presenting a message for display along with the web page based on the comparison, wherein the message includes an indication of the second item and the alternate web site. - View Dependent Claims (99, 100, 101, 102, 103)
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