System, method, and software application for dynamically generating a link to an online procurement site within a software application
US8392267B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 29, 2010 |
| Grant date | Mar 5, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 11, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0607
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides a system, method, and software application for providing a link to an online procurement site from within a supported software application. In one embodiment, when a user starts up a supported software application on a client computer, the client computer sends a request to a server for the Universal Resource Locator (URL) to use in the link. The server, which may be a server associated with a software vendor or the supported client application, determines whether or not the user of the client computer is associated with a business that has a procurement site from which the user can purchase a related application. If the server determines that the user is associated with a business that has a procurement site from which the user can purchase a related software application, then the server provides the client computer with the URL for the procurement site, and the supported client application generates a link to the procurement site.
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