Patent ID: 7240283

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for generating formatted information for display on a computer system, the computer system including at least one interface for communicating with a server system, the method comprising: sending, by the computer system, a request to the server system via the at least one user interface for displaying formatted markup information on the computer system; sending, by the computer system, a response from the server system, the response including response information comprising instructions and data to generate formatted markup information for display on the computer system; and executing, by the computer system, the instructions on the data to thereby generate formatted markup information for display on the computer system; wherein the byte size of the instructions and data is less than the byte size of the formatted markup information, which, in turn, improves a response time of the computer system, and wherein the method further comprises sending, by the computer system, another request to the server system via the at least one interface for displaying additional formatted markup information on the computer system, receiving, by the computer system, instead of the additional formatted markup information, another response from the server system, the another response including information comprising another set of data, which, when used by the instructions, generates the additional formatted markup information for display on the computer system; and executing, by the computer system, the instructions on the another set of data to thereby generate the additional formatted markup information for display on the computer system, wherein ordering transactions of items selected by a customer are facilitated via the computer-implemented method, with the at least one interface being a customer interface, wherein the information received by the computer system includes information regarding an item for the customer to select by placing a customer order through the customer interface, wherein the customer order includes delivery timing information, wherein the customer is associated with a geographic area, and wherein at least one item for the customer to select to include the customer order depends on the geographic area associated with the customer.