Method, system, and program for transferring data between servers through a client computer over a network

• US 7,099,834 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2000
• Issued: 08/29/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Dutta, Rabindranath, Patel, Kamal Chandrakant
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, CUONG H
• Application Number:
  US09/737,339
• Publication Number:
  US 20020077933A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,083 Days
• Field of Search: 705 26- 28, 705/20, 705/51, 705/23, 709/203, 709/23, 707/5, 713/201
• US Class Current: 705/27.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/208 Input by product or record sensing, e.g. weighing or scanner processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

Provided is a method, system, and program for transferring data from a first server to a second server through a client computer over a network. The client performs downloading and displaying content in a first page from the first server and downloading and displaying content in a second page from the second server including transfer data to communicate to the first server. The client computer displays the transfer data with the content from the first page and communicates the transfer data to the first server.

Claims

1. A method for transferring authenticated price data from a first server to a second server through a client computer over a network, wherein the client computer performs:

downloading and displaying first content in a first page from the first server;

downloading a program;

downloading and displaying second content in a second page from the second server including transfer authenticated price data to communicate to the first server;

activating, by the first page, the program to cause a display of the transfer authenticated price data with the content from the first page; and

enabling, by the program, communication of the transfer authenticated price data to the first server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein communicating the transfer authenticated price data to the first server comprises:

writing the transfer authenticated price data to a memory location in the client computer; and

reading the transfer authenticated price data from the memory location, wherein the read transfer authenticated price data is displayed with the first content from the first page.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the program comprises a first program, further comprising:

receiving user input selection to access the transfer authenticated price data with the first program, wherein the first program issues a request to download and display the second content from the second server including the transfer authenticated price data; and

activating a second program in response to processing the second page, wherein the second program communicates the transfer authenticated price data to the first program.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving user input selection to cause the second program to communicate the transfer authenticated price data to the first program.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the transfer authenticated price data is communicated to the first program by:

writing, with the second program, the transfer authenticated price data to a memory location in the client; and

reading, with the first program, the memory location to access the transfer authenticated price data.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the first and second pages include code to activate the first and second programs, respectively.

7. A system in communication with a first server and a second server, comprising:

a first program executed to perform operations, the operations comprising;

(i) displaying content in a first page downloaded from the first server; and

(ii) displaying a second page downloaded from the second server including transfer authenticated price data; and

a second program downloaded from the first server to cause operations to be performed, the operations comprising;

(i) accessing the transfer authenticated price data included in the second page;

(ii) displaying the transfer authenticated price data with the content from the first page; and

(iii) transferring the transfer authenticated price data to the first server.

8. The system of claim 7, further comprising:

a memory location, wherein the transfer authenticated price data is written to the memory location, and wherein the second program reads the transfer authenticated price data from the memory location to transfer to the first server.

9. A system for transferring authenticated price data from a first server through a client computer comprising:

a second server;

a network interface allowing the second server to communicate with the client computer;

program logic implemented in a computer readable memory capable of causing the second server to perform;

(i) in response to a request, transmitting a first page and a program to the client computer, wherein the first page activates the program in the client computer to cause the client computer to transmit transfer authenticated price data to the second server, wherein the client computer accesses the transfer authenticated price data from a second page the client computer downloads and displays from the first server, and wherein the program further causes the client computer to display the transfer authenticated price data from the second page with content from the first page; and

(ii) receiving the transfer authenticated price data from the client computer.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the transfer authenticated price data is written to a memory location in the client computer, and wherein the program activated in the client computer reads the transfer authenticated price data from the memory location.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the activated program, in response to user input at the client computer, issues a request to download and display the second page from the first server including the transfer authenticated price data, wherein the program displays the transfer authenticated price data with the content from the first page.

12. A computer readable medium including a program and a first page including content and code to activate the program, wherein the first page and the program are transferred to a client computer from a first server, wherein the client computer is further capable of communicating with a second server, and wherein the first page and the program cause the client computer to perform:

displaying the content in the first page; and

activating, by the first page, the program to cause the client computer to transmit transfer authenticated price data to the first server, wherein the program causes the client computer to access the transfer authenticated price data from a second page the client computer downloads and displays from the second server, and wherein the program further causes the client computer to display the transfer authenticated price data from the second page with the content from the first page.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the transfer authenticated price data is written from the second page to a memory location in the client computer, and wherein the program is further capable of causing the client computer to read the transfer authenticated price data from the memory location.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the activated program, in response to user input at the client computer, issues a request to download the second page from the second server including the transfer price data, wherein the program displays the transfer authenticated price data from the second page.