E-COMMERCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS RESPONSIVE TO INTERACTIVE PRODUCT PLACEMENTS

摘要

Disclosed are systems and methods for harnessing existing, static content as a new platform for electronic commerce transactions. One method for electronic commerce generates revenue from a Web page of a content provider. A Web page is constructed and conveyed to a client-side browser in response to a request to load the Web page of the content provider. The Web page is constructed so as to include an activated image (150) from a host server within an HTML document of the content provider. The so constructed Web page is then conveyed to the client side browser. A host server then receives a request from the client-side browser in response to an interaction with the activated image. The request is forwarded from the host server to a prescribed third-party for fulfillment. Therefore, the third-party is charged for the forward of the request.