Patent ID: 7412409
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method to facilitate an on-line purchase of an item on behalf of a consumer, said method comprising: receiving a product feed from a source, wherein said source is at least one of: a supplier and provider; extracting an image from said product feed when said source is said supplier; retrieving an image from a web site associated with said provider when said source is said provider; creating a normalized product feed from said product feed such that said supplier feed and said provider feed are in the same format; storing said image and said product feed in a database, wherein said database includes product data from a plurality of web sites; displaying said product data including said images from said plurality of web sites, wherein said product data is displayed at a single Uniform Resource Locator; receiving a request to purchase said item from among product data, wherein said request includes order data entered into a first electronic form of a first website by said consumer and, wherein, said request is received at said first website of a host computer; placing an order, by said host computer, for said item on a second website by automatically inserting said order data into a second electronic form of said second website without redirecting said consumer to said second website, wherein said second website offers said item for sale; and charging a transaction fee to said second website used for placing said order.