Pre-filling order forms for transactions over a communications network

• US 8,706,565 B2
• Filed: 04/21/2008
• Issued: 04/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fintegraph, LLC (Ascend Innovation Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Risible Enterprises LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Rollins, Eugene J., Padala, Sailendra, Hendrikse, Norbert
• Primary Examiner(s): Garg, Yogesh C
• Application Number:
  US12/106,584
• Publication Number:
  US 20080263144A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,192 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26.1, 705/26.7, 705/26, 705/27, 705/26.4, 705/26.41, 705/26.8, 705/27.1, 709/203
• US Class Current: 705/26.41
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/02 involving a neutral party, e.g. certification authority, notary or trusted third party [TTP]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0268 at point-of-sale [POS]
• 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 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/102 applying security measure for e-commerce data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/35 involving non-standard use of addresses for implementing network functionalities, e.g. coding subscription information within the address or functional addressing, i.e. assigning an address to a function
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0464 using hop-by-hop encryption, i.e. wherein an intermediate entity decrypts the information and re-encrypts it before forwarding it
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

Communications between participants over a communications link are proxied by an intermediary, such as an Integrated Order Mechanism (IOM). Participants interact with each other through the IOM. The IOM may be transparent to the participants such that they are not aware that the IOM is involved in processing communications. For example, in the context of a transaction by a customer making a purchase from a merchant over the Internet, the IOM facilitates the processing of transactions by processing requests from both the customer and the merchant. Neither the customer nor the merchant may be aware that the transactions are being handled by the IOM. Order forms may be pre-filled for the transactions. For example, the IOM may obtain customer information from a database and use the customer information to complete the customer fields on a merchant web page containing an order form.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by an intermediary device from a client device, a request to place an order with a merchant;

making a determination that the intermediary device is a proxy for transactions with the merchant;

receiving, by the intermediary device, a data value from a wallet server in response to the determination;

forwarding, by the intermediary device, the request to a merchant server;

receiving, by the intermediary device, an electronic document from the merchant server in response to the request, wherein the electronic document comprises a variable;

establishing, by the intermediary device, that the data value conforms to a context in which the variable is used in the electronic document; and

substituting, by the intermediate device, the data value for the variable in the electronic document in response to the establishing.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating, by the intermediary device, an updated electronic document after substituting the data value; and

transmitting, by the intermediary device, the updated electronic document to the client device in response to the request.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, by the intermediary device, the data value in association with the context;

determining, by the intermediate device, that a different variable in a different electronic document corresponds to the context; and

substituting, by the intermediate device, the data value for the different variable based on the determining.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, by the intermediate device, the data value via an Internet cookie.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating, by the intermediate device, the data value with a user identifier.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the electronic document is a web page, and the updated electronic document is an updated web page.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic document comprises an input description associated with the variable.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic document comprises an input description associated with another variable in the electronic document.

9. A computer-readable memory device having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving from a client device a request to place an order with a merchant;

requesting a data value from a wallet server in response to determining that communications with the merchant are proxied;

receiving an electronic document from a merchant server in response to the request, wherein the electronic document includes a variable;

making a determination that the data value conforms to a context in which the variable is used in the electronic document; and

substituting the data value for the variable in the electronic document in response to the determination.

10. The computer-readable memory device of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise:

generating an updated electronic document after substituting the data value; and

transmitting the updated electronic document to the client device in response to the request.

11. The computer-readable memory device of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise:

storing the data value in association with the context;

determining that a different variable in a different electronic document corresponds to the context; and

substituting the data value for the different variable based on the determining.

12. The computer-readable memory device of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise storing the data value via an Internet cookie.

13. The computer-readable memory device of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise, associating the data value with a user identifier.

14. The computer-readable memory device of claim 10, wherein the electronic document is a web page, and the updated electronic document is an updated web page.

15. The computer-readable memory device of claim 9, wherein the electronic document comprises an input description associated with the variable.

16. The computer-readable memory device of claim 9, wherein the electronic document comprises an input description associated with another variable in the electronic document.

17. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory device configured to store instructions associated with an application program; and

a processing device that, in response to executing the instructions stored in the memory device, is configured to;

receive from a client device a request to place an order with a merchant;

requesting a data value from a wallet server in response to determining a communications proxy with the merchant;

receive an electronic document from a merchant server in response to forwarding the request to the merchant server, wherein the electronic document includes a variable;

make a determination that the data value conforms to a context in which the variable is used in the electronic document; and

substitute the data value for the variable in the electronic document in response to the determination.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the processing device is further configured to:

generate an updated electronic document after substituting the data value; and

transmit the updated electronic document to the client device in response to the request.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the processing device is further configured to:

store the data value in association with the context;

determine that a different variable in a different electronic document corresponds to the context; and

substitute the data value for the different variable based on the determining.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the processing device is further configured to store the data value via an Internet cookie.

21. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the processing device is further configured to associate the data value with a user identifier.

22. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the electronic document is a web page, and the updated electronic document is an updated web page.

23. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the electronic document comprises an input description associated with the variable.

24. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the electronic document comprises an input description associated with another variable in the electronic document.