METHOD AND ARCHITECTURE FOR FACILITATING PAYMENT TO E-COMMERCE MERCHANTS VIA A PAYMENT SERVICE

摘要

The present invention relates to a computer implemented method and a payment system to offer a payment service to a consumer user. The computer implemented method comprises storing, using one or more processors, information at a payment service web site responsive to a redirection of the browser client to the payment service web site from an electronic storefront web site, the information including a return URL (uniform resource locator) corresponding to a web-based interface hosted by the electronic storefront web site, redirection being performed responsive to a check-out request that is received at the electronic storefront web site to purchase one or more products from the electronic storefront web site; extracting, using the one or more processors, the return URAL embedded in the information; comparing, using the one or more processors, the extracted return URL to a reference return URL, corresponding to the web-based interface hosted by the electronic storefront web site, to determine whether redirection to the web-based interface hosted by the electronic storefront web site should be performed; and redirecting, using the one or more processors, the browser client to the web-based interface hosted by the electronic storefront web site.