Patent ID: 8494919
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A broker in an electronic commerce system, the broker comprising: a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having executable computer program instructions for facilitating electronic commerce transactions between remote customers and remote merchants, the computer program instructions to configure a processor to perform operations comprising: receiving a description of a virtual shopping cart at the broker from a remote customer device responsive to a purchase module on a remote merchant providing the shopping cart description to the customer device and directing the customer device to send the shopping cart description to the broker, the shopping cart description identifying an item for purchase by a customer from the merchant; transmitting to the customer device an interface with which the customer can select options associated with the purchase from the merchant; calculating at the broker a purchase total responsive to the shopping cart description received from the customer device and the options selected by the customer; and charging the customer for the purchase total.