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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2010
Elliott D. Light, Rockville, MD (US);
James C. P. Lum, Oakton, VA (US);
Elliott D. Light, Rockville, MD (US);
James C. P. Lum, Oakton, VA (US);
Paypal, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Paypal International Limited, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
A system and method for data recipient invoked electronic commerce allowing data subjects to provide information over a network and data recipients to receive such information relating to the needs of s data subject such as purchases, distribution of application information and the like. The system includes a server having software which gathers the information from a data subject to complete a transaction over a network. The system has a data subject data structure that stores information for registered data subjects. The software is able to access the data subject data structure and enter the data subject's information during subsequent transactions. Having the software obtain and enter the data subject's purchasing information, the data subject does not have to enter the same information every time the data subject desires to effect a transaction over the network. In alternate embodiments, the same technology can be applied to other arenas where a user may have to enter the same repetitive information.