Pre-filling order forms for transactions over a communications network

US8706565B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Risible Enterprises LLC · US

Inventors

• Eugene J. Rollins · Sunnyvale, US
• Sailendra Padala · Sunnyvale, US
• Norbert Hendrikse · Berkeley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 21, 2008
• Grant date: Apr 22, 2014
• Expiry date: Jan 30, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L2463/102
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

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.