A method and system for placing an order to purchase an item via the Internet.
The order is placed by a purchaser at a client system and received by a server
system. The server system receives purchaser information including identification
of the purchaser, payment information, and shipment information from the client
system. The server system then assigns a client identifier to the client system
and associates the assigned client identifier with the received purchaser information.
The server system sends to the client system the assigned client identifier and
an HTML document identifying the item and including an order button. The client
system receives and stores the assigned client identifier and receives and displays
the HTML document. In response to the selection of the order button, the client
system sends to the server system a request to purchase the identified item. The
server system receives the request and combines the purchaser information associated
with the client identifier of the client system to generate an order to purchase
the item in accordance with the billing and shipment information whereby the purchaser
effects the ordering of the product by selection of the order button.
