Patent ID: 6247047
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method for facilitating transactions on a computer network, the computer network having a plurality of interconnected nodes including a host node and at least one user node, the host node located on the computer network at a host network address and each user node located at a user network address different than the host network address, the host node having access to a database including a plurality of records having predetermined contents, each record being addressable with address information incorporated into unique identification indicia, each user node including a display for displaying an icon and a user-actuatable input device for selecting the icon, comprising the steps of:contacting the host node using the host network address in a URL associated with the icon displayed on the display of one user node after selection of the icon by actuation of the respective input device by a user said activation resulting in a TCP/IP request to the host network address;retrieving the record associated with the selected icon from the database accessible to the host node using at least a portion of the same URL associated with the icon to retrieve one associated record in the database;dynamically generating an input form including at least one input field requesting data from the user, wherein at least a portion of the input form depends upon the contents of the retrieved record;presenting the input form on the display of the one user node in a separate transaction session while maintaining the hosting (icon) window;after the requested data has been entered, communicating at least a minimum set of the requested data from the one user node to the host node over the network and;recording an order on the host system based on the requested data.