Shipping address population using online address book
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1. A method for facilitating purchases of items comprising:
- retrieving at least a set of names of potential item recipients from an address book resident on a third party server;
displaying, in a selection form at a client station, the set of names combined with one or more items available through a host server;
enabling interaction with the selection form, via selectable areas, effective to associate the one or more items available through a host server with at least one or more names in the set of names of potential item recipients; and
submitting, to the host server, associations between the one or more items available through a host server and the at least one or more names in the set of names of potential item recipients.
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Abstract
A method for automatically generating a custom name list for use in an order form which can be submitted to an Internet shopping site to complete an order. The method utilizes address book data, stored primarily online utilizing a third party service. In one method according to the invention, names and addresses are read from an address book database and incorporated into a form which enables the user to easily select recipients for one or more gifts.
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38 Claims
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1. A method for facilitating purchases of items comprising:
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retrieving at least a set of names of potential item recipients from an address book resident on a third party server; displaying, in a selection form at a client station, the set of names combined with one or more items available through a host server; enabling interaction with the selection form, via selectable areas, effective to associate the one or more items available through a host server with at least one or more names in the set of names of potential item recipients; and submitting, to the host server, associations between the one or more items available through a host server and the at least one or more names in the set of names of potential item recipients. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. One or more tangible computer readable storage media embodying instructions which, responsive to execution by a computing device, are configured to perform operations comprising:
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retrieving at least a set of names of potential item recipients from an address book resident on a third party server; displaying, in a selection form at a client station, the set of names combined with one or more items available through a host server; enabling interaction with the selection form, via selectable areas, effective to associate the one or more items available through a host server with at least one or more names in the set of names of potential item recipients; and submitting, to the host server, associations between the one or more items available through a host server and the at least one or more names in the set of names of potential item recipients. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for facilitating purchases of items comprising:
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retrieving at least a set of names of potential item recipients from an address book resident on a third party server; receiving, at a client station, a selection form template; displaying, at the client station, a selection form based, at least in part, on the selection form template, wherein the selection form includes at least one name in the set of names of potential item recipients from the address book on the third party server combined with one or more items that are available through a host server; enabling interaction with the selection form, via selectable areas, effective to associate the one or more items available through a host server with at least one or more names in a set of names of potential item recipients displayed in the selection form; and submitting, to the host server, associations between the one or more items available through a host server and the at least one or more names in the set of names of potential item recipients. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. One or more tangible computer readable storage media embodying instructions which, responsive to execution by a computing device, are configured to perform operations comprising:
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retrieving at least a set of names of potential item recipients from an address book resident on a third party server; receiving, at a client station, a selection form template; displaying, at the client station, a selection form based, at least in part, on the selection form template, wherein the selection form includes at least one name in the set of names of potential item recipients from the address book on the third party server combined with one or more items that are available through the host server; enabling interaction with the selection form, via selectable areas, effective to associate the one or more items available through a host server with at least one or more names in a set of names of potential item recipients displayed in the selection form; and submitting, to the host server, associations between the one or more items available through a host server and the at least one or more names in the set of names of potential item recipients. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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