Pre-filling order forms for transactions over a communications network
First Claim
1. A method for processing requests from a client for electronic documents located at a server, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:
- receiving, by an intermediary disposed between the client and the server, a request from the client for an electronic document located at a first address at the server, the request made by a user at the client;
retrieving, by the intermediary, the electronic document from the first address;
retrieving, by the intermediary, information associated with the user;
generating an updated electronic document from the retrieved electronic document, said updated electronic document including at least a portion of the information associated with the user; and
providing the updated electronic document to the client for the user in response to the request.
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Abstract
Communications between participants over a communications link are proxied by an intermediary, such as an Integrated Order Mechanism (IOM). Participants interact with each other through the IOM. The IOM may be transparent to the participants such that they are not aware that the IOM is involved in processing communications. For example, in the context of a transaction by a customer making a purchase from a merchant over the Internet, the IOM facilitates the processing of transactions by processing requests from both the customer and the merchant. Neither the customer nor the merchant may be aware that the transactions are being handled by the IOM. Order forms may be pre-filled for the transactions. For example, the IOM may obtain customer information from a database and use the customer information to complete the customer fields on a merchant web page containing an order form.
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31 Claims
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1. A method for processing requests from a client for electronic documents located at a server, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:
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receiving, by an intermediary disposed between the client and the server, a request from the client for an electronic document located at a first address at the server, the request made by a user at the client; retrieving, by the intermediary, the electronic document from the first address; retrieving, by the intermediary, information associated with the user; generating an updated electronic document from the retrieved electronic document, said updated electronic document including at least a portion of the information associated with the user; and providing the updated electronic document to the client for the user in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable medium for processing requests from a client for electronic documents located at a server, the computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
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receiving, by an intermediary disposed between the client and the server, a request from the client for an electronic document located at a first address at the server, the request made by a user at the client; retrieving, by the intermediary the electronic document from the first address; retrieving, by the intermediary, information associated with the user; generating an updated electronic document from the retrieved electronic document, said updated electronic document including at least a portion of the information associated with the user; and providing the updated electronic document to the client for the user in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31)
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30. A system for processing requests from a client for electronic documents located at a server, the system comprising:
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an intermediary disposed between the client and the server; and a server that is associated with an electronic document located at a first address at the server; wherein the intermediary, in response to a request from the client made by a user at the client for the electronic document, is configured to retrieve both the electronic document from the server first address and information associated with the user, wherein the intermediary is configured to generate an updated electronic document from the retrieved electronic document, said updated electronic document including that includes at least a portion of information associated with the user, and wherein the intermediary is configured to provide the updated electronic document to the client for the user in response to the request.
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