Patent ID: 7580887

Claim:
A method performed by a local client computer system having an electronic storage device for providing and recording information to facilitate a purchase transaction across a network, comprising: receiving a request for billing information at the local client computer system from a remote computer system, the billing information relating to a purchase transaction from the remote computer system, wherein the billing information includes at least one of: credit card information for the purchase transaction, a billing address for the purchase transaction, and a shipping address for the purchase transaction; electronically retrieving the billing information from the electronic storage device in the local client computer system; sending the retrieved billing information from the local client computer system to the remote computer system; allowing the remote computer system to complete the purchase transaction; receiving confirmation information for the purchase transaction from the remote computer system at the local client computer system; and electronically recording the confirmation information in the electronic storage device so that a user of the local client computer system can subsequently lookup the confirmation information based on a purchase transaction identifier.