Method and apparatus for utilizing a unique transaction code to update a magazine subscription over the internet
First Claim
1. A method for modifying a previously existing electronic commercial transaction between a vendor and a user having access to a consumer site, wherein each of a vendor site associated with the vendor and the consumer site are interfaced to a global communication network and have access through the global communication network to one or more remote sites, comprising the steps of:
- associating a unique transaction code during a new electronic commercial transaction, and unique to the new electronic commercial transaction, between the user at the consumer site and the vendor with the previously existing electronic commercial transaction in association with a step of delivering to the user having access to the consumer site of a communication directed to the user relating to the subject matter of the previously existing commercial transaction between the vendor site and a user of the consumer site such that the user is provided the unique transaction code in conjunction with such delivery, and which new electronic commercial transaction is one that modifies the previously existing electronic commercial transaction;
enabling communication of information in a transaction packet transmitted from the consumer site to the vendor site through the global communication network, wherein the information includes a representation associated with the unique transaction code such that the vendor site can determine that receipt of the representation indicates the new electronic commercial transaction, and information relating to the user at the consumer site; and
modifying electronically the previously existing commercial transaction between the vendor associated with the vendor site and the user at the consumer site utilizing the information in the transaction packet, wherein the modification requires only the unique transaction code and the information about the user.
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Abstract
A method for completing an electronic commerce transaction over a global communication network initiated between a vendor and a potential consumer. The method includes the steps of associating a unique transaction code with the initiated transaction between the vendor and the potential consumer for use by the consumer in completing a specific electronic commerce transaction; associating user information with the unique transaction code to provide a transaction packet; communicating the transaction packet to a remote vendor location from a user location; and completing the specific electronic commerce transaction upon receipt at the remote vendor location the transaction packet containing the user information in association with the unique transaction code.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for modifying a previously existing electronic commercial transaction between a vendor and a user having access to a consumer site, wherein each of a vendor site associated with the vendor and the consumer site are interfaced to a global communication network and have access through the global communication network to one or more remote sites, comprising the steps of:
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associating a unique transaction code during a new electronic commercial transaction, and unique to the new electronic commercial transaction, between the user at the consumer site and the vendor with the previously existing electronic commercial transaction in association with a step of delivering to the user having access to the consumer site of a communication directed to the user relating to the subject matter of the previously existing commercial transaction between the vendor site and a user of the consumer site such that the user is provided the unique transaction code in conjunction with such delivery, and which new electronic commercial transaction is one that modifies the previously existing electronic commercial transaction; enabling communication of information in a transaction packet transmitted from the consumer site to the vendor site through the global communication network, wherein the information includes a representation associated with the unique transaction code such that the vendor site can determine that receipt of the representation indicates the new electronic commercial transaction, and information relating to the user at the consumer site; and modifying electronically the previously existing commercial transaction between the vendor associated with the vendor site and the user at the consumer site utilizing the information in the transaction packet, wherein the modification requires only the unique transaction code and the information about the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for modifying a previously existing electronic commercial transaction between a vendor at a vendor site and a user at a consumer site, wherein each of the vendor site and the consumer site are interfaced to a global communication network and have access through the global communication network to one or more remote sites, comprising the steps of:
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associating a unique transaction code during a new electronic transaction between the user at the consumer site and the vendor at the vendor site with the previously existing electronic commercial transaction with delivery to the consumer site of a communication to the user relating to the subject matter of the previously existing commercial transaction between the vendor site and a user of the consumer site such that the user is provided access to the unique transaction code in conjunction with such delivery; providing a relational database associated having stored therein relationships between a plurality of unique transaction codes and associated previously existing commercial transactions and vendor routing information to vendor sites associated with the previously existing commercial transactions, each of the previously existing commercial transactions having associated therewith modification information required to modify the associated previously existing commercial transaction in a predetermined manner; comparing the received unique transaction code with the stored associations in the relational database and, if there is a match, providing the associated vendor routing information to the user at the consumer site and the associated modification information; enabling communication of information in a transaction packet from the consumer site to the vendor site through the global communication network, wherein the information includes the modification information associated with the previously existing electronic commercial transaction and information associated with the user at the consumer site, for use in modifying electronically the previously existing commercial transaction between the vendor at the vendor site and the user at the consumer site; and modifying the previously existing electronic commercial transaction between the vendor associated with the vendor site and the user at the consumer site, wherein the modification requires only the transaction code and the information about the user. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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