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Shopping at e-commerce sites within a business procurement application

US8756118B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 5, 2011
Grant dateJun 17, 2014
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Expiry dateJul 23, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q30/06
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an embodiment, a method comprises sending, from a procurement computer to a client computer, a message indicating that a pre-authorization request for one or more requested items from an e-commerce website was approved; causing displaying a particular item as approved for purchase from the e-commerce website; causing launching a web browser and causing downloading a shopping cart webpage of the e-commerce website; sending, from the procurement computer to the shopping cart webpage, item information associated with the particular item, and causing displaying the item information on the shopping cart webpage as one of one or more ordered items; in response to determining that the user requested to proceed to a checkout webpage, causing downloading the checkout webpage and causing displaying the one or more ordered items on the checkout webpage; causing placing a purchase order for the one or more ordered items from the checkout webpage.

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