Patent ID: 7617130
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of supporting exchanges of information between users, the method comprising: receiving, and storing in computer storage, information submitted by a first user of a first site of a first entity, said information pertaining to, and submitted while accessing, a first page of the first site, wherein receiving information submitted by the first user comprises receiving information entered by the first user into an information entry area that is separate from, but displayed in conjunction with, the first page, said information entry area provided by one of (1) a client component that runs on a computing device of the first user, and (2) a proxy server that monitors accesses by said computing device of the first user to web pages; receiving a notification of an access by a second user to a second page of a second site of a second entity, said second page being related to the first page and said second entity being different than the first entity; and while the second user is accessing the second page of the second site, transmitting the information submitted by the first user to a computing device of the second user for display to the second user in conjunction with the second page; wherein the method is performed by a server system that is separate from both the first site and the second site, said server system operated by a service provider entity that is different from the first entity.