System and method for merchant invoked electronic commerce
First Claim
1. A system for merchant invoked electronic commerce comprising:
- a network;
at least one consumer computer associated with at least one consumer and connected to the network, wherein the at least one consumer computer further comprises a web browser for accessing and communicating over the network;
at least one merchant computer associated with at least one merchant and connected to the network, wherein the at least one merchant computer further comprises web server software for hosting a web page and for executing client software for allowing the at least one merchant to send and receive information over the network; and
at least one consumer information server connected to the at least one consumer computer via the network and to the at least one merchant computer via the network, wherein the at least one consumer information server fer comprises consumer information server software, and wherein the client software further comprises instructions for forwarding a merchant'"'"'s offer to the at least one consumer information server via the consumer'"'"'s web browser and the consumer information server software further comprises instructions for gathering purchasing information to complete a purchasing transaction.
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Abstract
A system and method for merchant invoked electronic commerce allowing consumers to purchase items over a network and merchants to receive payment information relating to the purchases. The system includes a server having software which gathers the purchasing information from a consumer to complete a purchasing transaction over a network. The system has a consumer data structure that stores purchasing information for registered consumers. The software is able to access the consumer data structure and enter the consumer'"'"'s purchasing information during subsequent purchases. Having the software obtain and enter the consumer'"'"'s purchasing information, the consumer does not have to enter the same information every time they purchase an item over the network. In alternate embodiments, the same technology can be applied to other arenas where a user may have to enter the same repetitive information.
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123 Claims
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1. A system for merchant invoked electronic commerce comprising:
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a network; at least one consumer computer associated with at least one consumer and connected to the network, wherein the at least one consumer computer further comprises a web browser for accessing and communicating over the network; at least one merchant computer associated with at least one merchant and connected to the network, wherein the at least one merchant computer further comprises web server software for hosting a web page and for executing client software for allowing the at least one merchant to send and receive information over the network; and at least one consumer information server connected to the at least one consumer computer via the network and to the at least one merchant computer via the network, wherein the at least one consumer information server fer comprises consumer information server software, and wherein the client software further comprises instructions for forwarding a merchant'"'"'s offer to the at least one consumer information server via the consumer'"'"'s web browser and the consumer information server software further comprises instructions for gathering purchasing information to complete a purchasing transaction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 120, 121, 122, 123)
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42. A method for merchant invoked electronic commerce over a network between at least one consumer having at least one consumer computer connected to the network, at least merchant having at least one merchant computer connected to the network, and at least one consumer information server connected to the network, wherein the method comprises:
- requesting a merchant'"'"'s offer from at least one merchant over a network by at least one
consumer using a web browser on at least one consumer computer;
invoking client software on the at least one merchant computer in response to the consumer'"'"'s request for a merchant'"'"'s offer, and wherein invoking the client software further comprises;connecting the at least one consumer computer to the at least one consumer information server; invoking the consumer information server software; forwarding the merchant'"'"'s offer to the least one consumer information server; and gathering the purchasing information by the consumer information server to complete a purchasing transaction. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
- requesting a merchant'"'"'s offer from at least one merchant over a network by at least one
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63. A system for merchant invoked electronic commerce for gathering information to complete a purchasing transaction comprising:
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a network; at least one consumer computer for operation by a consumer desiring to purchase an item; at least one merchant computer; and at least one consumer information server; said consumer computer, merchant computer and consumer information server being interconnected by the network; said merchant computer being programmed to receive a consumer'"'"'s request for a merchant'"'"'s offer to purchase an item, and to cause a merchant'"'"'s offer further comprising a transaction number associated with the merchant offer to be sent to the consumer; said consumer information server being programmed to receive the transaction number and to gather and send the purchasing information to the merchant computer to complete the purchasing transaction; and said merchant computer being further programmed to process the purchasing information to complete the purchasing transaction.
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64. A system for accessor invoked software to allow the electronic delivery of information comprising:
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an accessee computer associated with at least one accessee and connected to the network, wherein the accessee computer further comprises a web browser which allows the accessee to access and communicate over the network; an accessor computer associated with at least one accessor and connected to the network, wherein the accessor computer further comprises web server software which operates a web page and client software which allows the at least one accessor to send and receive information; at least one information server connected to the accessee computer via the network and to the accessor computer via the network, wherein the at least one information server further comprises information server software for gathering the purchasing information to complete a transaction, wherein when the at least one accessee makes a data request from the accessor, the client software is initiated thereby connecting the accessee computer to the at least one information server and forwards the accessee'"'"'s data requests to the at least one information server via the accessee'"'"'s web browser wherein the information server software gathers the data request information to complete the data request. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101)
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102. A method for accessor invoked software to allow the electronic delivery of information over a network between at least one accessee having at least one accessee computer connected to the network, at least one accessor having at least one accessor computer connected to the network, and at least one information server connected to the network, wherein the method comprises:
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requesting a data request from at least one accessor over a network by at least one accessee using a web browser on at least one accessee computer; invoking client software on the at least one accessor computer in response to the accessee'"'"'s request for a accessor'"'"'s offer, and wherein invoking the client software further comprises; connecting the at least one accessee computer to the at least one information server; invoking the information server software; forwarding the accessor'"'"'s offer to the least one information server; and gathering the purchasing information by the information server to complete a purchasing transaction. - View Dependent Claims (103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119)
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