Patent ID: 6594692
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G11C,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer implemented method for transacting electronic commerce between a remote computer system and a user station over a communications network, the method comprising:a. during a first user-initiated communications session, (1) receiving at the remote computer system user information for a user not previously identified to the remote computer system from the user station for storage remote from the user station, (2) providing user identification information from the remote computer system to the user station for automatic storage at the user station by software running at the user station, (3) creating an association at the remote computer system between the user identification information and the user information, and (4) using at the remote computer system the user information when processing a first purchase transaction; and b. during a second user-initiated communications session subsequent to and separate from the first user-initiated communications session, (1) the user identification information is automatically accessed by the software running on the user station and provided to the remote computer system and (2) using at the remote computer system the transported user identification information to gain access to the stored user information when processing a subsequent purchase transaction associated with the communications session, wherein at least a portion of the communications network includes the Internet.