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US 7565308
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Patent Overview: US7565308B1
Title: Method of executing an electronic commerce sale from an affiliate web site
Patent number: US7565308B1
Application number: US09/276,598
Inventor: Denison W. Bollay
Original/Current Assignee: Individual (listed; Google notes assignee lists may be inaccurate)
Priority/Filing date: 1999-03-25
Publication (grant) date: 2009-07-21
Status (as listed): Expired – Lifetime; anticipated expiration 2019-03-25
Classifications: G06Q30/06; G06Q30/0601; G06Q30/0613
Purpose. The patent addresses Internet electronic commerce, specifically a method letting a buyer execute a sale from an affiliate web site, with a vendor, through a hub server—without leaving the affiliate site and without re-entering payment and shipping information.
Plain-language scope. A central hub server sits between vendor web sites and affiliate web sites. Three hub databases are described: vendor product information, buyer profile, and affiliate web site. A buyer browses an affiliate page containing product insert code (e.g., an <IFRAME> or JavaScript tag); identifiers for the buyer (via cookie), affiliate, product/category, and optionally vendor are sent to the hub. The hub retrieves product picture, price, and the buyer's stored credit/shipping data, returning an HTML <FORM> with a submit icon. Clicking submits sends the purchase request to the hub, which aggregates orders by vendor, bills the buyer's credit card, credits affiliate/hub commissions, and forwards the order to the vendor for shipment. First-time buyers receive a blank form; their information is then stored for reuse across all affiliate sites. If no vendor is specified, the hub selects one based on best price and/or aggregate efficiency criteria.
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/[US7565308](/patent/US7565308)/en
What the excerpt does not establish. It does not establish claims text, claim scope, or claim count; the full specification; prosecution history; the accuracy of the assignee listing or legal status; any litigation, ownership transfer, validity, or prior-art analysis; the identity of related applications beyond the listed priority links; or any figures' technical detail (figures are referenced but not reproduced here).
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