Patent ID: 7395261

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for retrieving a plurality of electronic files over a wide area network, the method comprising: providing a browser window comprising a web page executed on a computer, wherein the web page comprises a form, wherein the form is capable of receiving a text request string from an electronic mail message; receiving in said form a text request string comprising unique identifiers and unformatted text, wherein the unique identifiers uniquely identify electronic files; parsing the text request string to identify the unique identifiers in the string, wherein identifying includes matching based on selected criteria; providing the unique identifiers to a user for selection of a plurality of said unique identifiers, wherein the number of unique identifiers provided to the user for selection is the same as the number of electronic files for retrieval; querying a user to order the electronic files identified by the selected unique identifiers, wherein a plurality of electronic files ordered are delivered to a user electronically.