Patent ID: 7895125
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of providing state information, said method comprising: an intermediary server receiving from a purchaser a first selection of a first item to be purchased electronically from a first vendor having a first web server in a first domain and a second selection of a second item to be purchased electronically from a second vendor having a second web server in a second domain, said first and second domains being non-cooperating domains having no knowledge of each other and not directly communicating state information between each other but sharing state information through the intermediary server; said intermediary server obtaining state information from the first domain and the second domain in relation to the first item and the second item; and said intermediary server enabling a single electronic check-out for the purchaser for both the first item and the second item through use of the obtained state information, such that an indication of the first item and the second item need not be moved, by the purchaser, between the first vendor and the second vendor.