Patent ID: 8719108

Claim:
A system, comprising: a computing device; a plurality of user accounts stored in a data store accessible by the computing device, each of the user accounts being associated with one of a plurality of purchasers; and an electronic commerce application executable on the computing device, the electronic commerce application being configured to: interact with a client to generate a guest order for the purchase of a product, wherein a guest purchaser is identified in the guest order, and the guest purchaser is not associated with any of the user accounts; store the guest order in the data store in isolation with respect to the user accounts and in isolation with respect to a plurality of other guest orders stored in the data store; and provide client access to order data associated with the guest order to facilitate at least one action by the guest purchaser with respect to the guest order, wherein in order to authenticate the guest purchaser, the electronic commerce application is further configured to: generate an input page to send to the client, the input page facilitating an input of both a delivery address of the guest purchaser and an order number associated with the guest order to authenticate the guest purchaser to facilitate the client access to order data associated with the guest order; send a message to the delivery address via a network upon receiving the input of the delivery address and the order number, the message including a link to a confirmation network page; generate the confirmation network page upon receiving an indication in a server from the client that the link was manipulated; and send the confirmation network page to the client, where the confirmation network page facilitates an input of information associated with the guest order.