Methods and systems for transactional tunneling

• US 6,859,910 B2
• Filed: 04/10/2001
• Issued: 02/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: John Croy
• Original Assignee: Bluestreak.com
• Inventors: Croy, John Charles
• Primary Examiner(s): Knight, Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): BARNES-BULLOCK, CRYSTAL JOY
• Application Number:
  US09/832,323
• Publication Number:
  US 20010037361A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,414 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/217, 709/219, 709/227, 705/26, 705/39, 705/64, 705/75, 902/40, 707/2, 707/7, 707/10, 707/102, 345/748, 345/762, 345/760, 715/513
• US Class Current: 715/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/401 Transaction verification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2895 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data provider application, e.g. reverse proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5682 Policies or rules for updating, deleting or replacing the stored data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99937 Sorting
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

Methods and systems for executing an electronic transaction are provided, including parsing pages of a web server that execute a transaction to separate static from transactional content, identifying and storing rules for executing a transaction on the site, and presenting displays that enable a user to complete the transaction without interacting directly with the site, such as by interacting with a banner ad, electronic mail, cellular phone, or other simple interface.

Claims

1. A method of executing an electronic transaction, comprising:

establishing a persistent connection to a server, wherein the server has a capability of executing an electronic transaction;

obtaining a set of pages from the server, wherein interaction with the set of pages is sufficient to execute the electronic transaction;

parsing the set of pages to separate transactional content from other content;

identifying elements of the transactional content that are required to complete the electronic transaction;

storing one or more rules, wherein compliance with the one or more rules satisfies the elements required to complete the electronic transaction;

presenting a display to a user, wherein the display is different from the set of pages and wherein the display encourages execution of the electronic transaction; and

upon interaction of the user with the display, executing the rules to send a signal to the server to complete the electronic transaction.

2. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

caching static content from the set of pages.