Patent ID: 7877295
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: communicating from an external application a plug-in that includes a tool bar and an icon to a client machine, the plug-in configured to enable the client machine to display the tool bar and the icon and to store information relating to a plurality of items from a plurality of network-based transaction systems; communicating a user interface to said client machine, the user interface simultaneously offering a plurality of items that are respectively offered for sale at a plurality of network-based transaction systems, wherein each of the plurality of items comprises information and an associated link; storing the information on said client machine responsive to one or more said links being dragged to said icon; and communicating to a payment server the information relating to at least one item from the plurality of network-based transaction systems for storage in a shopping cart on the payment server, wherein the payment server is a third party payment server;