Patent ID: 8612305
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A merchant server, the merchant server comprising a processor and a computer readable medium having a computer readable code embodied therein, wherein the computer readable code is adapted to be executed on the processor, wherein the computer readable code is adapted to be executed to implement a method, the method comprising: sending to a consumer a merchant checkout page, wherein the merchant checkout page is configured to receive from the merchant server an indication of whether an issuer server is configured to authenticate the consumer using an inline authentication form; sending an enrollment verification request to a directory server; and receiving an enrollment verification response from the directory server, wherein the enrollment verification response includes an indication of whether the issuer server that is capable of authenticating the consumer conducting an online transaction is configured to authenticate the consumer using the inline authentication form, wherein the merchant checkout page includes support for a shopping cart, wherein the shopping cart is associated with a session, wherein the inline authentication form is configured to permit the issuer server to authenticate the consumer without navigating away from the session associated with the shopping cart, wherein the merchant checkout page includes an asynchronous JavaScript interface to receive from the merchant server the indication of whether the issuer server is configured to authenticate the consumer using the inline authentication form.