Patent ID: 7457778
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: serving a first web page via an electronic storefront containing visual content including a check-out option; receiving a check-out request from a consumer user of the electronic storefront to purchase one or more products from the electronic storefront; serving a second web page via the electronic storefront containing hidden content including information to redirect a browser client to a web page hosted by a payment service web site, redirection to the web page hosted by the payment service web site causing the browser client to communicate a service cookie, stored by the browser client, to the payment service web site; extracting user identification information from the service cookie to determine an identify of the consumer user; determining whether the consumer user is authorized to use the payment service via a check with a corresponding user profile; determining whether the consumer user is authorized to use the payment service to make purchases from the electronic storefront; storing information at the payment service web site, the information to redirect the browser client to the web page hosted by the payment service web site, the information including a return URL (uniform resource locator) corresponding to a third web page; extracting the return URL embedded in the information; comparing the return URL that is extracted to a return URL corresponding to the third web page to determine whether redirection to the third web page should be performed; redirecting the browser client to the third web page, the third web page being hosted by the electronic storefront, the redirecting including: serving a web-based check-out interface, hosted by the electronic storefront, to the browser client used by the consumer user, the check-out interface including an option to enable the consumer user to make a payment for the one or more products via the payment service if it is determined the user is authorized to use the payment service.