Combining disparate purchases into a single purchase order for billing and shipment
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method in a client system for ordering items, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a server system, by a computer of a client system a client identifier of the client system;
persistently storing the client identifier at the client system; and
for each item of a plurality of items;
providing for display, at the client system, information identifying the item and an indication of a single action that is to be performed to place an order of the identified item, wherein the single action is an only action required by the client system to complete the order of the identified item without requiring the client system to confirm the order following performance of the single action; and
in response to the single action being performed, sending to the server system a request to order the identified item and the client identifier, the request to order being a single-action order request indicated by the single action and the client identifier identifying account information of a user;
wherein the sending causes the server system to determine how to combine and to combine into a single order the single-action order request indicated by the single action and one or more previous single-action order requests associated with the client identifier.
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Abstract
An order is placed by a purchaser at a client system and received by a server system. The server system receives purchaser information including identification of the purchaser, payment information, and shipment information from the client system. The server system then assigns a client identifier to the client system and associates the assigned client identifier with the received purchaser information. The server system sends to the client system the assigned client identifier. The client system receives and stores the assigned client identifier. In response to an order indication, the client system sends to the server system a request to purchase the identified item. The server system receives the request and combines at least one previous purchase associated with the client identifier of the client system to generate a single order for billing and shipment.
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28 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method in a client system for ordering items, the method comprising:
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receiving, from a server system, by a computer of a client system a client identifier of the client system; persistently storing the client identifier at the client system; and for each item of a plurality of items; providing for display, at the client system, information identifying the item and an indication of a single action that is to be performed to place an order of the identified item, wherein the single action is an only action required by the client system to complete the order of the identified item without requiring the client system to confirm the order following performance of the single action; and in response to the single action being performed, sending to the server system a request to order the identified item and the client identifier, the request to order being a single-action order request indicated by the single action and the client identifier identifying account information of a user; wherein the sending causes the server system to determine how to combine and to combine into a single order the single-action order request indicated by the single action and one or more previous single-action order requests associated with the client identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 25, 27, 28)
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14. A computer-implemented method in a server system for receiving item orders, the method comprising:
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transmitting, from a server system, to a computer of a client system a client identifier of the client system for persistent storage at the client system; for each item of a plurality of items; providing for display, at the client system, information identifying the item and an indication of a single action that is to be performed to place an order of the identified item, wherein the single action is an only action required by the client system to complete the order of the identified item without requiring the client system to confirm the order following performance of the single action; and receiving, in response to the single action being performed at the client system, a request to order the identified item and the client identifier, the request to order being a single-action order request indicated by the single action and the client identifier identifying account information of a user; and determining how to combine and combining, at the server system, into a single order the single action order request indicated by the single action and one or more previous single-action order requests associated with the client identifier in response to receiving the single-action order request. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26)
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