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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2005
Thomas Joshua Shafron, Miami Beach, FL (US);
Qi LU, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ashish Baldua, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas Joshua Shafron, Miami Beach, FL (US);
Qi Lu, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ashish Baldua, San Jose, CA (US);
YAHOO! INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of modifying an Internet browser interface to provide shopping assistant functionality facilitating on-line shopping at a supported merchant Internet site. A wallet created in accordance with the present invention comprises a database having various user data stored therein under certain predetermined field names. A supported merchant data file identifies a plurality of supported merchants and enables the modified browser interface to determine when a shopper has navigated to a supported merchant web site. For each supported merchant, a rules and mapping file is created that may be used in connection with the wallet to map user-provided information in the wallet to corresponding fields in the merchant's check-out web page. When a user navigates to a supported merchant web site and desires to purchase merchandise and/or services from that merchant, the wallet automatically fills out the merchant's check-out web page(s), thereby simplifying on-line shopping and particularly, the check-out process.