Patent ID: 8145537

Claim:
A software network agent based system, comprising: a software network agent having an agent software module embodied on non-transitory computer-readable media which includes instructions stored thereon which when executed by a client machine connects through a communication channel to a server and performs the operations of launching a web browser application and opening a landing web page identified by the landing page universal resource locator path by communicating through the communication channel to the server, the landing web page comprising a buy now hyperlink to a buying universal resource locator path based on an original equipment manufacturer identifier, the landing web page further comprising a try now hyperlink to a trial page universal resource locator path so that a user may choose between buying now and trying for a trial period a particular product by selecting one of the buy now and try now hyperlinks; and an e-mail marketing system coupled to the server and operatively configured to distribute promotional emails to prospective customers identified from the trial page.