Patent ID: 7925548
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of purchasing products through a client portal that is optimized to purchase a specific type of product, the client portal being independently managed, comprising: connecting the client portal to a network by the client portal having at least one preauthorized network access site as a displayable storefront which limits the use of the portal by not displaying an address line to a user for user-selectable input to access content that has not been previously stored in the client portal's memory; providing a user-selectable list of links to at least one available network site that offers the product that the client portal is optimized to purchase, the network site accessible to the client portal for obtaining new content, wherein the user-selectable list of links includes network sites preselected or maintained by an authorized party and provides access to the network site upon selection by the user; selecting a different link than the displayable storefront, from the user-selectable list of links when a user desires additional content for inclusion through the client portal; retrieving, based on the selecting, a vendor's catalog content from a pre-selected group of vendors, from the network into the client portal during the client portal's connection to the network and having the vendor's catalog content being seamlessly rendered, integrated and formatted for viewing through a streamlined interface that only includes the commands necessary to examine and purchase a particular type of goods or services; managing the client portal independent from any user-selectivity, to benefit the authorized party and the client portal's user by maintaining a list of network sites available for access by the portal and facilitating ease-of-use by seamlessly integrating the content retrieval and rendering on the client portal in a single operation, wherein maintaining the list of network sites includes including determining, updating and limiting which network sites are available for access by the client portal; disconnecting the client portal from the network; while the client portal is disconnected from the network, selecting an item for purchase from the vendor's catalog content with the streamlined interface to facilitate purchase activity and provide a user more time and an ease-of-use experience to continue with additional purchase activity; reconnecting the client portal to the network; and during the reconnection of the client portal to the network, sending a purchase request to the vendor for each of the items relating to the purchase activity of the user.