Patent ID: 6330575
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
A method for designing an e-commerce Web page for the purchase of one or more items therefrom, the e-commerce Web page to be hosted on a Web page server with distributed payment processing system hosted on a payment server, the method comprising:a. providing an object-oriented, template-driven interface for a customer to utilize in the design of the Web page;b. allowing the customer, through the use of the interface, to design the Web page;c. gathering from the customer, a price URL containing pricing information for at least one item offered for purchase on the Web page designed by the customer;d. placing the price URL on the Web page so that when the price URL is selected by a consumer using a browser, the price URL preforms the steps of:establishing a direct secure link between an application running on a payment server and the customer using the browser, so that the direct secured link is established without the use of any intermediate database lookups and database calls prior to the direct secure link being established between the application and the browser;building a Web page from the price URL that is presented to the consumer using the browser including the item offered for purchase and a purchase price and an authorization icon; andreceiving consumer payment information after the consumer authorizes the purchase by selection of the authorization icon; ande. publishing the Web page at a destination of the customer's choosing.