Patent ID: 7930363

Claim:
A method for providing application service provider functionality, the method comprising the following acts performed by one or more hardware digital processors: receiving, at a website provider network, an engine and one or more data files associated with an application service provider (ASP) having an ASP network; transferring a web page for display on a user device, wherein the web page includes code to access the engine to provide ASP functionality without requiring contacting the ASP network, wherein the web page is included in an application to provide product reviews; in response to a signal from the user device to select an item on the web page and activate the code, using the engine, the website provider network and at least a portion of data in the one or more data files to display at least a portion of data in the data files on the user device without requiring contacting the ASP network; receiving review data from the ASP network at a frequency defined by a first interval; and sending review data to the ASP network at one or more second intervals that are shorter than the first interval.