Method and apparatus for data recipient storage and retrieval of data using a network communication device

• US 7,693,796 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2008
• Issued: 04/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.), Paypal International Limited (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Lum, James C.P., Light, Elliott D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Elisca; Pierre E
• Application Number:
  US12/327,768
• Publication Number:
  US 20090089182A1
• Time in Patent Office: 489 Days
• Field of Search: 705/64, 705/1
• US Class Current: 705/64
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/103 Workflow collaboration or project management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/027 involving a payment switch or gateway
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/04 Payment circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/0855 involving a third party
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/389 Keeping log of transactions for guaranteeing non-repudiation of a transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4014 Identity check for transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0222 During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes

Abstract

A system and method for data recipient invoked electronic commerce allowing data subjects to provide information over a network and data recipients to receive such information relating to the needs of s data subject such as purchases, distribution of application information and the like. The system includes a server having software which gathers the information from a data subject to complete a transaction over a network. The system has a data subject data structure that stores information for registered data subjects. The software is able to access the data subject data structure and enter the data subject'"'"'s information during subsequent transactions. Having the software obtain and enter the data subject'"'"'s purchasing information, the data subject does not have to enter the same information every time the data subject desires to effect a transaction over the network. In alternate embodiments, the same technology can be applied to other arenas where a user may have to enter the same repetitive information.

Claims

1. A data repository, connected to a first network for purchasing an item from a data subject network communications device, said communications device being connected to a second network, the first and second networks communicably connected to each other, the data repository comprising a server for:

receiving an offer and a message from the data subject network communications device;

in response to the offer, determining an identity of a data subject based on the message;

gathering stored payment data associated with the data subject based on the determined identity;

presenting the offer to the data subject network communications device;

receiving a purchase decision from the data subject network communications device; and

sending the payment data to a data recipient computer,

wherein the data repository stores the payment data and associates the payment data with the data subject, and

wherein the offer and the message are received at the data repository in response to the offer and a data file sent from the data recipient computer to the data subject network communications device.

2. The data repository of claim 1, the server further:

prompting the data subject for identification;

receiving identifying information from the data subject network communication device; and

authenticating the data subject based on the identifying information.

3. The data repository of claim 2, wherein the identifying information includes an identification number, an email address and a passphrase.

4. The data repository of claim 2, the server further:

prompting the data subject for purchasing information; and

receiving the purchasing information from the data subject network communication device.

5. The data repository of claim 1, wherein the offer includes a data recipient identifier, a price, a data recipient digital signature, and a transaction number.

6. The data repository of claim 5, the server further:

determining whether to adjust the price based on a data subject address;

sending the price and the data subject address to the data recipient computer; and

receiving a revised price from the data recipient computer.

7. The data repository of claim 1, wherein the message includes a network communication device software identifier.

8. The data repository of claim 7, wherein the message is a cookie.