Method and System for Correlation of Product Quantities to Multiple Ship-to Addresses for a Single Online Order

• US 20090259561A1
• Filed: 04/15/2008
• Published: 10/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SoundStarts, Inc.
• Original Assignee: SoundStarts, Inc.
• Inventors: Boys, Donald Robert Martin, Araiza-Boys, Susan
• Application Number:
  US12/103,415
• Publication Number:
  US 20090259561A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/083 Shipping
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

A system for facilitating data entry and submission of an Internet-based ecommerce transaction includes a computing node having Internet access to an ecommerce server; and a secure memory drive removably coupled to the computing node for storing payment information, address information, and an interactive interface for recording data into forms and cross filling data between two or more forms. The system is characterized in that the memory drive is activated by an authentication procedure during an online transaction such that after authentication, information stored on the drive can be used to complete, to record for receipt, and to submit an ecommerce order form using the interactive interface, the form submission including a supplementary electronic form detailing accounting of quantities of items ordered to be shipped to different shipping destinations.

Claims

1. A system for facilitating data entry and submission of an Internet-based ecommerce transaction comprising:

a computing node having Internet access to an e-commerce server; and

a secure memory drive removably coupled to the computing node for storing payment information, address information, and an interactive interface for recording data into forms and cross filling data between two or more forms;

characterized in that the memory drive is activated by an authentication procedure during an online transaction such that after authentication, information stored on the drive can be used to complete, to record for receipt, and to submit an ecommerce order form using the interactive interface, the form submission including a supplementary electronic form detailing accounting of quantities of items ordered to be shipped to different shipping destinations.

2. A system for correlating specified quantities of items ordered in a single ecommerce transaction with shipping addresses comprising:

a server node hosting at least one ecommerce site connected to a network;

an electronic shopping cart utility accessible to the server node for listing line items and total quantities for purchase;

an electronic shipping interface accessible to the server node replicating each line item and quantity of the shopping cart utility and containing added fields in each line, at least one for specifying item sub-quantities and one for identifying a shipping address;

characterized in that the shipping interface calculates line item and total shipping charges for the transaction and correlates the correct item quantities to the correct shipping addresses.

3. A method for subdividing a single online order containing one or more line items to account for shipping and/or handling charges and item quantities to be shipped to more than one shipping address comprising the steps:

(a) defining the list of items and total quantities for each item ordered;

(b) for each line item, specifying sub-quantities for shipping to a destination address;

(c) for each line item of step (b), specifying the destination address for each sub-quantity;

(d) for each line item of step (c), calculating the shipping and/or handling costs for each sub-quantity and shipping address; and

(e) summing the shipping and/or handling cost sub-totals to account for the total shipping and handling charge for the order.

4. A method for transferring data between electronic forms stored on and served from disparate network storage devices comprising the steps:

(a) from a network connected computing node, accessing a server and invoking a first electronic form, the form containing pre-populated data in one or more data fields, invocation thereof resulting in display of the form including the data on a display screen of the network-connected computer;

(b) from the computing node of step (a), executing a program, the program serving a second electronic form, the program and form residing on a drive local to the computing node;

(c) auto filling data populated into the one or more fields of the first electronic form into one or more subject-appropriate fields of the second electronic form;

(d) inserting additional data into one or more additional fields of the second electronic form; and

(e) auto filling all or a portion of the additional data of step (d) into the one or more subject-appropriate fields of the first electronic form overriding any previous data in one or more of the fields.

5. A method for securing personal data for the purpose of later accessing the data for use in an online transaction comprising the steps:

(a) on a computer peripheral storage device, providing a user authentication device, at least one executable application and at least one rule specifying how authentication works to allow device and application access;

(b) connecting the peripheral storage device to a computer host;

(c) from the computer host, gathering personal data and offloading the personal data onto the peripheral storage device; and

(d) deactivating the computer peripheral device.