Placing a purchase order using one of multiple procurement options
First Claim
1. A method for ordering an item using a client computer system, the method comprising:
- providing for display in a web browser a web page including information identifying the item and an indication of a single action that is to be performed by a user on the web page to order the identified item, wherein the single action is an only action required by the user to complete the order of the identified item;
providing for display in a multi-procurement ordering section of the webpage a procurement option associated with information related to supplying the item to a recipient, the procurement option being disabled due to the information being insufficient to supply the item to the recipient;
enabling, by the client computer system, the procurement option upon receiving additional information associated with the procurement option related to supplying the item to the recipient;
in response to receiving an indication that the single action has been performed by the user on the web page, automatically generating a request for ordering the identified item using the information related to supplying the item associated with the enabled procurement option; and
sending to a server computer the request for ordering the identified item, thereby resulting in fulfillment of the order.
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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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20 Claims
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1. A method for ordering an item using a client computer system, the method comprising:
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providing for display in a web browser a web page including information identifying the item and an indication of a single action that is to be performed by a user on the web page to order the identified item, wherein the single action is an only action required by the user to complete the order of the identified item; providing for display in a multi-procurement ordering section of the webpage a procurement option associated with information related to supplying the item to a recipient, the procurement option being disabled due to the information being insufficient to supply the item to the recipient; enabling, by the client computer system, the procurement option upon receiving additional information associated with the procurement option related to supplying the item to the recipient; in response to receiving an indication that the single action has been performed by the user on the web page, automatically generating a request for ordering the identified item using the information related to supplying the item associated with the enabled procurement option; and sending to a server computer the request for ordering the identified item, thereby resulting in fulfillment of the order. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
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provide for display in a web browser a web page including information identifying the item and an indication of a single action that is to be performed by a user on the web page to order the identified item, wherein the single action is an only action required by the user to complete the order of the identified item; provide for display in a multi-procurement ordering section of the webpage a procurement option associated with information related to supplying the item to a recipient, the procurement option being disabled due to the information being insufficient to supply the item to the recipient; enable the procurement option upon receiving additional information associated with the procurement option related to supplying the item to the recipient; in response to receiving an indication that the single action has been performed by the user on the web page, automatically generate a request for ordering the identified item using the information related to supplying the item associated with the enabled procurement option; and send to a server computer the request for ordering the identified item, thereby resulting in fulfillment of the order. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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