Method and device utilizing polymorphic data in E-commerce

• US 9,152,988 B2
• Filed: 11/19/2013
• Issued: 10/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
• Original Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
• Inventors: Jain, Mudita, Koister, Jari, Boyle, Charles, Hayes, Brian
• Primary Examiner(s): Zeender, Ryan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Haider, Fawaad
• Application Number:
  US14/084,522
• Publication Number:
  US 20140081788A1
• Time in Patent Office: 686 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/105 involving programming of a portable memory device, e.g. IC cards, "electronic purses"
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/202 Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/367 involving electronic purses or money safes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0619 Neutral agent
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

An aspect of the present invention includes a protocol for conveying data during an e-commerce session with a polymorphic response, comprising initiating a session with a message from a buyer application to a broker application and a session identifier assigned by the broker application; conducting the session between the buyer application and a supplier application; and concluding the session with a additional message which includes a schema identifier for the additional message, resolvable in a context of a system identifier; and a polymorphic response comprising a type and a version, wherein the polymorphic response includes additional data elements corresponding to values assigned to the type and version.

Claims

1. A method of conveying data during an e-commerce session with a polymorphic message, comprising:

initiating a session responsive to a first message from a first application to an intermediary application and a second message from the intermediary application to an integrated supplier application;

conducting the session between the first application and the integrated supplier application until a session end; and

following the session end, sending shopping cart data in an additional polymorphic message including;

a schema identifier for the additional message, resolvable in a context of a system identifier; and

a polymorphic payload including a message type and version that, in combination with the schema identifier, define one or more additional data elements of the message type and version.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the system identifier is explicit in the additional message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the system identifier for the additional message is implicit.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first application comprises a browser.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first application comprises a procurement application.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first application comprises a browser and a procurement application.

7. A system that of conveys data during an e-commerce session with a polymorphic message, comprising:

a processor and memory coupled to the processor, the memory tangibly embodying instructions that, when executed on the processor, cause the system to;

initiate a session responsive to a first message from a first application to an intermediary application and a second message from the intermediary application to an integrated supplier application;

conduct the session between the first application and the integrated supplier application until a session end; and

following the session end, send shopping cart data in an additional polymorphic message including;

a schema identifier for the additional message, resolvable in a context of a system identifier; and

a polymorphic payload including a message type and version that, in combination with the schema identifier, define one or more additional data elements of the message type and version.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the system identifier is explicit in the additional message.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the system identifier for the additional message is implicit.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the first application comprises a browser.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the first application comprises a procurement application.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the first application comprises a browser and a procurement application.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium tangibly embodying instructions that, when executed on the processor, cause the processor to:

initiate a session responsive to a first message from a first application to an intermediary application and a second message from the intermediary application to an integrated supplier application;

conduct the session between the first application and the integrated supplier application until a session end; and

following the session end, send shopping cart data in an additional polymorphic message including;

a schema identifier for the additional message, resolvable in a context of a system identifier; and

a polymorphic payload including a message type and version that, in combination with the schema identifier, define one or more additional data elements of the message type and version.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the system identifier is explicit in the additional message.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the system identifier for the additional message is implicit.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the first application comprises a browser.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the first application comprises a procurement application.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the first application comprises a browser and a procurement application.