System and method for designing and operating an electronic store
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- using a web server to operate an electronic store by;
receiving a request for an electronic store web page from a web browser, wherein said web page is based on a script of commands in a template file wherein the commands specify both a database query to perform and a translation process to convert the query to HTML code;
processing the query script of commands to extract product information from said database, wherein the database includes product information describing a hierarchical relationship between groups of products, and wherein said extracted product information is related to a first group of products whose previous selection by a user initiated said web server database query;
merging the extracted product information with the template file;
constructing a web page from the combined product information and template file; and
sending the web page to the requesting web browser, wherein the web page includes information describing said relationship between the first group of products and the extracted product information, and is configured to enable the web browser to generate a user interface displaying icons arranged to visually represent said relationship.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for designing and operating an electronic store are described. Various embodiments describe receiving a request for an electronic store web a e from a web browser. In response to the request, a database query is performed, and product information describing a hierarchical relationship between groups of products is extracted from the database. The extracted product information is related to a first group of products whose previous selection by a user initiated the database query. A web page which includes information describing the relationship between the first group of products and the extracted product information is sent to the requesting web browser, and is configured to enable the web browser to generate a user interface displaying icons arranged to visually represent the relationship.
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11 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
using a web server to operate an electronic store by; receiving a request for an electronic store web page from a web browser, wherein said web page is based on a script of commands in a template file wherein the commands specify both a database query to perform and a translation process to convert the query to HTML code; processing the query script of commands to extract product information from said database, wherein the database includes product information describing a hierarchical relationship between groups of products, and wherein said extracted product information is related to a first group of products whose previous selection by a user initiated said web server database query; merging the extracted product information with the template file; constructing a web page from the combined product information and template file; and sending the web page to the requesting web browser, wherein the web page includes information describing said relationship between the first group of products and the extracted product information, and is configured to enable the web browser to generate a user interface displaying icons arranged to visually represent said relationship. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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receiving a request from a web browser for an electronic store web page; sending data to the web browser sufficient to enable the web browser to generate a user interface displaying icons representing groups of products, said icons being arranged to visually represent a relationship between said groups of products; receiving, responsive to selection of one of said icons representing a first of the groups of products, a network message that includes a database query command specifying a query of a product information database for groups of products related to the first group of products; submitting said query to the product information database; and returning to said web browser a web page that includes results of the query and returned information describing said related groups of products, wherein the returned information is extractable to describe said related groups of products and to display second icons representing said related groups of products. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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embedding a database reference within a template web page for use by a sewer, said database reference representing a database query, said template web page including fixed content data compatible with a network protocol; monitoring web page requests; responding to a request for a web page by scanning said template web page for said database reference; extracting variable content data from said database by querying said database using said database query; combining said variable content data with said fixed content data to create a web page; and transmitting said web page over a network. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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