METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SIMPLIFYING ORDERING FROM ONLINE SHOPS

摘要

Embodiments described herein simplify ordering of products from online shops. This may involve an agent server receiving captured contents of a product webpage from a client device and autonomously deriving product information therefrom. Alternatively, the agent service can receive a web address corresponding to a product webpage, and the agent server can visit the product webpage and capture its contents. The agent server then uses the derived product information to autonomously control ordering of the product for the user from an online shop, without requiring that the user have an account with the online shop, without requiring that the user enter personal and payment information in a check-out webpage of the online shop, without requiring that the user select a buy or shopping cart button associated with the online shop, and without requiring the online shop utilize an API to enable the agent server to interact with the online shop.

主权项

1. A method for simplifying ordering from online shops accessible via the Internet, the method comprising:
an agent server receiving, from a client device, captured contents of a product webpage that are captured in response to a user of the client device using a web-browser plug-in to indicate that that the user wants to order a product that is at least one of shown or described in the product webpage, wherein the product webpage is one of a plurality of webpages of a website that is hosted by or on behalf of an online shop, and wherein the product that the user indicated that they want to order is at least one of a good or a service that is offered by the online shop; the agent server autonomously deriving product information from the captured contents of the product webpage received from the client device, wherein the product information is indicative of the product that the user indicated that they want to order from the online shop; and the agent server, using the derived product information, autonomously controlling ordering of the product for the user from the online shop, without requiring that the user have an account with the online shop, without requiring that the user enter personal and payment information in a check-out webpage of the online shop, without requiring that the user select a buy or shopping cart button associated with the online shop, and without requiring the online shop utilize an application program interface (API) to enable the agent server to interact with the online shop.