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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2002
Aseem Agrawal, New Delhi, IN;
Natwar Modani, New Delhi, IN;
Parul a Mittal, New Delhi, IN;
Rajendra Sureka, New Delhi, IN;
Aseem Agrawal, New Delhi, IN;
Natwar Modani, New Delhi, IN;
Parul A Mittal, New Delhi, IN;
Rajendra Sureka, New Delhi, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for enabling an e-commerce website to persist electronic items, such as electronic coupons, gift certificates etc., across multiple browsing sessions. Users are offered electronic items over a communications network during a browsing session. In case the user wishes to save the items for a later browsing session, he/she is prompted for an email address. Details pertaining to the selected items are mapped against the email address. Thereafter, e-mail is sent to the user, containing a URL with the email address of the user embedded in it. Alternatively, entire details corresponding to the items selected during a session are embedded in the URL and in this case they need not be mapped against the email address.