Patent ID: 8626665
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a first server system that operates in a first network domain, said first server system storing account information, including payment information, of a user, said first server system providing a service for enabling users to place orders on merchant sites without having to create accounts with such merchant sites; and a second server system that operates in a second network domain that is distinct from the first network domain, said second server system hosting a merchant site of a merchant, said merchant site including a page that includes a reference to a display object served by the first server system, said reference configured to cause browsers that load the page from the second server system to request the display object from the first server system for display on the page; said first server system operative to transmit, to a user computing device of the user, a browser cookie for storage on the user computing device, said browser cookie corresponding to the first network domain but not the second network domain, said browser cookie including information that enables the first server system to associate the browser cookie with the user; said first server system configured to respond to a browser request from the user computing device for the display object by at least (1) personalizing the display object with information associated with the user, said information associated with the user retrieved by the first server system using the browser cookie as received from the user computing device, and (2) transmitting the personalized display object to the user computing device for display on the page of the merchant site, said personalized display object providing functionality for the user to use the service to place an order on the merchant site.