Patent ID: 7606737

Claim:
A method for ordering a product over an internetwork of computer systems, wherein the product is ordered by a consumer from a computer connected to the internetwork and supplied by a server connected to the internetwork, the method sequentially comprising: (a) establishing a connection between the computer and the server via the internetwork of computer systems; (b) transferring a transaction identification from the server to the computer, wherein the transaction identification identifies the product ordered and the computer ordering the product; (c) terminating the connection between the computer and the server via the internetwork of computer systems; (d) establishing a direct connection between the computer and the server; (e) transferring the transaction identification from the computer to the server to identify the product ordered and the computer ordering the product; and (f) transferring an access key assigned to the product ordered and the consumer ordering the product from the server to the computer that is used to claim the product ordered by the consumer.