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Method and system for placing a purchase order via a communications network

  • US 5,960,411 A
  • Filed: 09/12/1997
  • Issued: 09/28/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of placing an order for an item comprising:

  • under control of a client system,displaying information identifying the item; and

    in response to only a single action being performed, sending a request to order the item along with an identifier of a purchaser of the item to a server system;

    under control of a single-action ordering component of the server system,receiving the request;

    retrieving additional information previously stored for the purchaser identified by the identifier in the received request; and

    generating an order to purchase the requested item for the purchaser identified by the identifier in the received request using the retrieved additional information; and

    fulfilling the generated order to complete purchase of the itemwhereby the item is ordered without using a shopping cart ordering model.

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