Placing a purchase order using one of multiple procurement options
First Claim
1. A method to place an order for an item at a computer of a client system, the method comprising:
- providing for display at the client system information identifying the item;
providing for display at the client system an element for enabling display of order fulfillment instructions for ordering the identified item;
in response to receiving a first indication of selection of the element for enabling display of order fulfillment instructions for ordering the identified item, providing for display at the client system (i) a plurality of order fulfillment options that are enabled and predefined for a user of the client system, each order fulfillment option comprising a unique combination of a delivery address, shipping instructions, and a payment source and (ii) a non-enabled fulfillment option that is displayed in a manner that indicates the fulfillment option is not enabled; and
in response to receiving, subsequent to the first indication, a second indication of selection of one of the plurality of order fulfillment options as a single action to order the identified item, sending to a server computer a request to order the identified item such that the identified item is to be sent to the delivery address using the shipping instructions and is to be paid for by the payment source associated with the selected one of the plurality of order fulfillment options, wherein the single action of selecting one of the plurality of order fulfillment options places the order and pays for the identified item.
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Abstract
A method and system for placing an order to purchase an item via the Internet. The order is placed by a user at a client system and received by a server system. The client system can display information identifying the item and, for each of multiple procurement options having information related to ordering the identified item, can display an indication of the procurement option such that selection of the displayed indication represents an ordering of the identified item using the information of the procurement option. In response to selection of a displayed indication, the client system can send to a server computer a request to order the identified item using the information of the procurement option for the selected indication.
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11 Claims
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1. A method to place an order for an item at a computer of a client system, the method comprising:
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providing for display at the client system information identifying the item; providing for display at the client system an element for enabling display of order fulfillment instructions for ordering the identified item; in response to receiving a first indication of selection of the element for enabling display of order fulfillment instructions for ordering the identified item, providing for display at the client system (i) a plurality of order fulfillment options that are enabled and predefined for a user of the client system, each order fulfillment option comprising a unique combination of a delivery address, shipping instructions, and a payment source and (ii) a non-enabled fulfillment option that is displayed in a manner that indicates the fulfillment option is not enabled; and in response to receiving, subsequent to the first indication, a second indication of selection of one of the plurality of order fulfillment options as a single action to order the identified item, sending to a server computer a request to order the identified item such that the identified item is to be sent to the delivery address using the shipping instructions and is to be paid for by the payment source associated with the selected one of the plurality of order fulfillment options, wherein the single action of selecting one of the plurality of order fulfillment options places the order and pays for the identified item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-readable medium storing executable computer instructions that execute placement of an order for an item at a computer system, the instructions comprising:
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providing for display at the computer system information identifying the item; providing for display at the computer system an element for enabling display of order fulfillment instructions for ordering the identified item; in response to receiving a first indication of selection of the element for enabling display of order fulfillment instructions for ordering the identified item; providing for display at the computer system (i) a plurality of order fulfillment options that are enabled and predefined for a user of the computer system, each order fulfillment option comprising a unique combination of a delivery address, shipping instructions, and a payment source and (ii) a non-enabled fulfillment option that is displayed in a manner that indicates the fulfillment option is not enabled; and in response to receiving, subsequent to the first indication, a second indication of selection of one of the plurality of order fulfillment options as a single action to order the identified item, sending to a server computer a request to order the identified item such that the identified item is to be sent to the delivery address using the shipping instructions and is to be paid for by the payment source associated with the selected one of the plurality of order fulfillment options, wherein the single action of selecting one of the plurality of order fulfillment options places the order and pays for the identified item.
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10. A computer-readable medium storing executable computer instructions, when executed by a processor, assist a user in ordering an item, the instructions comprising:
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providing for display at a client system information identifying the item; providing for display at the client system an element for enabling display of order fulfillment instructions for ordering the identified item; in response to receiving a first indication of selection of the element, providing for (i) display each of multiple fulfillment options associated with the user that are enabled and comprising information related to ordering the identified item and (ii) displaying non-enabled fulfillment option that is displayed in a manner that indicates the fulfillment option is not enabled; and in response to receiving, subsequent to the first indication, a second indication of selection of the fulfillment option as a single action to order the identified item, sending to a server system a request to order the identified item using the information associated with the selected fulfillment option.
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11. A computer system for assisting a user in ordering an item, comprising:
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a processor; a display component, embodied as instructions executable by the processor, for displaying information identifying the item, displaying an element for enabling display of order procurement options, and in response to receiving a first indication of selection of the element, displaying (i) each of multiple procurement options associated with the user that are enabled and comprising sufficient information to complete an order for the identified item and (ii) displaying non-enabled fulfillment option that is displayed in a manner that indicates the fulfillment option is not enabled; and an item ordering component, embodied as instructions executable by the processor, for, in response to receiving, subsequent to the first indication, a second indication of selection of the procurement option as a single action to order the identified item, sending to a server system a request to order the identified item using the information associated with the selected procurement option to complete the order.
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