Method for facilitating online interactions initiated using optical disc players

摘要

Online interactions using optical disc players are facilitated by extracting information from a user request that was initiated from an optical disc player, and then using the extracted information to identify pre-existing user-specific data. A short code, which is specific to the desired online interaction and associated with the extracted information and pre-existing information, is generated and transmitted back to the optical disc player. This short code is then provided back to the back-end server by the user from a secondary consumer electronic device, and used to retrieve associated information, such as the target website for consummating the desired interaction and the previously-identified pre-existing information. Retrieved information is used to populate data fields on the target website prior the user being re-directed to the target website.

主权项

1. A method facilitating online interaction comprising the acts of:
extracting user-specific information and contextual information from a user request that corresponds to a desired online interaction, wherein the user request is provided by an optical disc player over a network connection; identifying, using said user-specific information, pre-existing information corresponding to said user; generating a short code, specific to the desired online interaction, that is associated with the user-specific information, contextual information and at least a portion of the pre-existing information; transmitting the short code over the network to the optical disc player from which the user request was received; and wherein the user request is generated upon the user selecting an online interaction option that is displayed by the optical disc player.