Patent ID: 8214454

Claim:
A method for enabling seamless retrieval of non-standard items with a mobile device comprising a processor and a memory, the method comprising: in response to a first communication based on interactions with a web browser on the mobile device, wherein the first communication specifies a user identification, a non-standard item identification, and an origination page address, storing, by a first external server comprising a processor and a memory, the non-standard item identification and the origination page address with the user identification in a database table on the first external server; in response to the first communication, sending a second communication, by a second external server comprising a processor and a memory, to the mobile device, wherein the second communication includes a page that identifies a second application that is external to the web browser and causes the web browser to invoke and transfer control to the second application on the mobile device without passing the non-standard item identification or the origination page address to the second application; and in response to being invoked, the second application retrieves the non-standard item identification and the originating page address from the database table, uses the non-standard item identification to download a non-standard item to the mobile device, and returns control to the web browser with the origination page address as a parameter.