METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLACING A PURCHASE ORDER VIA A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
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Abstract
A method and system for placing an order to purchase an item via the Internet. The order is placed by a purchaser at a client system and received by a server system. The server system receives purchaser information including identification of the purchaser, payment information, and shipment information from the client system. The server system then assigns a client identifier to the client system and associates the assigned client identifier with the received purchaser information. The server system sends to the client system the assigned client identifier and an HTML document identifying the item and including an order button. The client system receives and stores the assigned client identifier and receives and displays the HTML document. In response to the selection of the order button, the client system sends to the server system a request to purchase the identified item. The server system receives the request and combines the purchaser information associated with the client identifier of the client system to generate an order to purchase the item in accordance with the billing and shipment information whereby the purchaser effects the ordering of the product by selection of the order button.
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Citations
56 Claims
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35. A method in a computer system for coordinating delivery of a gift from a gift giver to a recipient, the gift and recipient being specified in a gift order, the method comprising:
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determining whether the gift order includes sufficient information so that the gift can be delivered to the recipient;
when sufficient information is not provided in the gift order, obtaining delivery information from one or more information sources other than the gift giver; and
when sufficient delivery information can be obtained from the additional information sources so that the gift can be delivered to the recipient, directing the gift to be delivered to the recipient as indicated by the delivery information. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A computer system for coordinating delivery of a gift from a gift giver to a recipient, the gift and recipient being specified in a gift order, comprising:
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an order database with information describing gift orders received from gift givers;
a component that determines whether a gift order of the order database includes sufficient information so that the gift can be delivered to the recipient;
a component that, when sufficient information is not provided in the gift order, obtains delivery information from one or more information sources other than the gift giver and the recipient; and
a component that, when sufficient delivery information can be obtained from the additional information sources so that the gift can be delivered to the recipient, directs the gift to be delivered to the recipient as indicated by the delivery information. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to coordinate delivery of a gift from a gift giver to a recipient, the gift and recipient being specified in a gift order, by a method comprising:
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receiving a gift order from a computer system of the gift giver;
when sufficient information is not provided in the gift order to deliver the gift to the recipient, automatically obtaining delivery information from one or more information sources other than the gift giver and the recipient; and
when sufficient delivery information can be obtained from the additional information sources so that the gift can be delivered to the recipient, directing the gift to be delivered to the recipient as indicated by the delivery information. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56)
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