Data transmission and rendering techniques implemented over a client-server system

• US 20070250572A1
• Filed: 06/22/2007
• Published: 10/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JUNE RAY LIMITED
• Original Assignee: IpVenture, Inc.
• Inventors: Nguyen, Huy, Norrell, Shannon, Mayya, Ajit, Paila, Narasimha
• Granted Patent: US 7,493,554 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45512 Command shells
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0609 Buyer or seller confidence or verification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0611 Request for offers or quotes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A technique is disclosed for generating formatted information for display on a computer system. The computer system may be configured to include at least one interface for communicating with a server computer system. A request is sent from the computer system to the server system. According to one embodiment, the request may correspond to an HTTP request for information relating to a specific HTML page or web page. A response is then received from the server system. According to one embodiment, the response includes response information comprising embedded instructions and data. The embedded instructions may include instructions for using the data to generate formatted markup information for display on the computer system. The embedded instructions are then executed on the data to thereby generate formatted markup information for display on the computer system. According to a specific embodiment, the formatted markup information corresponds to HTML data to be rendered for display on the computer system.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating ordering items by a customer via a network, the method comprising:

sending, by the first computer, a request to a second computer via the network for displaying formatted markup information on the first computer;

receiving, by the first computer, a response from the second computer, the response including instructions and data; and

executing, by the first computer, the instructions on the data to thereby generate formatted markup information for display on the first computer,

wherein the byte size of the instructions and data is less than the byte size of the formatted markup information, which, in turn, improves a response time of the first computer, and

wherein the method generates formatted markup information for display on the first computer that includes an item for the customer to select by placing a customer order via the first computer, and

wherein after the customer has placed the order, the method generates formatted markup information for display on the first computer that includes information regarding the order status of the customer order.

2. A computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1, wherein the order status will indicate that the order has been shipped if the order has been shipped.

3. A computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1, wherein if at least one ordered item has not been fulfilled in the order, the order status will include an adjustment regarding the order.

4. A computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1,

wherein the order is fulfilled in a distribution center,

wherein a container is transported in the distribution center to have at least one item in the order put in the container,

wherein the method further comprises keeping track of the at least one item in the container as the container is transported in the distribution center, and

wherein the container is loaded into a vehicle to ship the order to the customer.

5. A computer implemented method as recited in claim 4,

wherein the at least one item has an identifier, and

wherein the identifier of the at least one item is scanned by a scanner before the item is put in the container.

6. A computer-implemented method as recited in claim 4,

wherein the container has an identifier, and

wherein the method further comprises keeping track of the container via the identifier of the container, as the container is transported in the distribution center with the at least one item inside.

7. A computer-implemented method as recited in claim 6, wherein the identifier of the container is scanned by a scanner in the distribution center.

8. A computer-implemented method as recited in claim 4, wherein the container is associated with the order.

9. A computer-implemented method as recited in claim 4, wherein the method further comprises keeping track of the at least one item being loaded into the vehicle to be shipped to the customer.

10. A computer-implemented method as recited in claim 4,

wherein the container has an identifier,

wherein the container is tracked via the identifier, and

wherein the method further comprises keeping track of the container being loaded into the vehicle to be shipped to the customer.

11. A computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1,

wherein the order is shipped to the customer via a vehicle,

wherein the vehicle has an identifier, and

wherein the method further comprises keeping track of the identifier of the vehicle associated with shipping the order.

12. A computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1,

wherein a plurality of items in the order are in a container to be delivered to the customer, and

wherein the container has an identifier, and

wherein the method further comprises keeping track of the identifier associated to the order as the order is shipped to the customer.

13. A computer-implemented method as recited in claim 12, wherein if the customer keeps the container when the order is delivered to the customer, the method further comprises keeping track of the container being kept by the customer.

14. A computer-implemented method as recited in claim 13, wherein the identifier of the container is scanned to keep track of the container being kept by the customer.

15. A computer-implemented method as recited in claim 13, wherein at the time of the delivery of the next order to the customer, the method further comprises crediting a deposit credit to an account of the customer via the identifier of the container if the container is picked up from the customer.

16. A computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1, wherein at the time delivery is made to the customer, a piece of information is scanned by a scanner to keep a record of the one or more items in the order delivered to the customer.

17. A computer-implemented method as recited in claim 16, wherein the piece of information is kept track of together with the time when delivery is made to the customer.

18. A computer-implemented method as recited in claim 16, wherein each item delivered to the customer is scanned to keep a record of the items in the order delivered to the customer.

19. A computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1,

wherein the order is delivered to the customer,

wherein at the time delivery is made to the customer, the customer rejects one of the items in the order, and

wherein the method further comprises keeping record of the one of the items being rejected by the customer.

20. A computer-implemented method as recited in claim 19,

wherein the one of the items being rejected by the customer has an identifier, and

wherein the identifier is scanned to keep record of the one of the items being rejected by the customer.

22. A computer-implemented method as recited in claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

sending, by the first computer, another request to the second computer via the network for displaying additional formatted markup information on the first computer;

receiving, by the first computer, another response from the second computer, the another response including another set of data; and

executing, by the first computer, the instructions on the another set of data to thereby generate the additional formatted markup information for display on the first computer.

21. A computer-implemented method for facilitating ordering items by a customer via a network, the method comprising:

sending, by the first computer, a request to a second computer via the network for displaying formatted markup information on the first computer;

receiving, by the first computer, a response from the second computer, the response including instructions and data; and

executing, by the first computer, the instructions on the data to thereby generate formatted markup information for display on the first computer,

wherein the byte size of the instructions and data is less than the byte size of the formatted markup information, which, in turn, improves a response time of the first computer,

wherein the method generates formatted markup information for display on the first computer that includes an item for the customer to select by placing a customer order via the first computer,

wherein after the customer has placed the order, the method generates formatted markup information for display on the first computer that includes information regarding the customer order,

wherein the order is fulfilled in a distribution center,

wherein a container is transported in the distribution center to have at least one item in the order put in the container,

wherein the method further comprises keeping track of the at least one item in the container as the container is transported in the distribution center, and

wherein the container is loaded into a vehicle to ship the order to the customer.