METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING WEB-BASED PURCHASES

摘要

A method implementable on a transaction server for facilitating a web-based purchase without a user visiting one or more merchant websites or without one or more merchants requiring to change anything on their websites is disclosed. The method includes receiving a request from a user via a marketplace server to make a purchase for at least one item at the one or more merchants. At least a portion of user data associated with the user is transmitted to the one or more merchants for a checkout processing of the request. One or more status messages pertaining to the checkout processing of the request are displayed to the user along with one or more review order messages for confirmation. Lastly, method includes applying the web-based purchase for the at least one item at the one or more merchants based on the confirmation to proceed with the purchase.

主权项

1. A method implementable on a transaction server for facilitating a web-based purchase at one or more merchant websites, the transaction server interconnected with one or more users and the one or more merchant websites through a network, the method comprising:
receiving a request from a user to make a purchase for at least one item of goods or services at the one or more merchant websites without the user visiting a website corresponding to each of the one or more merchants; transmitting automatically at least a portion of user data associated with the user to the one or more merchant websites for a checkout processing of the request; the checkout processing comprising:
adding the at least one item of goods or services to one or more shopping carts at the one or more merchant websites; andfilling at least one of one or more fields at the one or more merchant websites with at least the portion of the user data;presenting to the user:
one or more status messages pertaining to the checkout processing of the request either before the checkout processing or during the checkout processing of the request at the one or more merchant websites; andone or more review order messages corresponding to the at least one item of goods or services and at least one of one or more filled fields received from the one or more merchant websites for confirmation; andapplying the web-based purchase for the at least one item of goods or services at the one or more merchant websites based on the confirmation, wherein one or more purchase confirmation messages are received from the one or more merchant websites based on the applying, and wherein the one or more purchase confirmation messages are presented to the user.