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Universal shopping cart and order injection system

  • US 7,305,355 B2
  • Filed: 06/12/2001
  • Issued: 12/04/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of processing product orders, via a network, to allow consumers to order products from a plurality of merchants from a web page comprising a consistent user interface, comprising the steps of:

  • retrieving a universal shopping cart;

    searching a local database for information relating to a product prior to searching a plurality of at least one of;

    affiliated and unaffiliated websites for said information;

    displaying said information from said plurality of at least one of;

    affiliated and unaffiliated websites within said web page comprising a consistent user interface;

    receiving a product selection command from a consumer indicative of selecting a product;

    adding said selected product to said universal shopping cart;

    determining whether said selected product is from an affiliated or an unaffiliated web site;

    transmitting an order for said selected product directly to an owner of said affiliated web site when said selected product is from said affiliated web site;

    injecting a product order at an unaffiliated website, when said selected product is from said unaffiliated web site, wherein said product order is injected to an unaffiliated website according to pattern matching; and

    ,identifying a common accepted payment method from said plurality of merchants, wherein said common accepted payment method is displayed within said webpage.

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