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An automated communications system operates to transfer data, metadata and methods from a provider computer to a consumer computer through a communications network. The transferred information controls the communications relationship, including responses by the consumer computer, updating of information, and processes for future communications. Information which changes in the provider computer is automatically updated in the consumer computer through the communications system in order to maintain continuity of the relationship. Transfer of metadata and methods permits intelligent processing of information by the consumer computer and combined control by the provider and consumer of the types and content of information subsequently transferred. Object oriented processing is used for storage and transfer of information. The use of metadata and methods further allows for automating may of the actions underlying the communications, including communication acknowledgements and archiving...

Inventor: Drummond Shattuck Reed
Original Assignee: OneName Corporation
Primary Examiner: Bharat Barot
Attorney: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
Current U.S. Classification: 709/203; 709/200; 709/201; 709/217; 709/229
International Classification: G06F/1515

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Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

providing a customer data storing information for a customer usable to automatically complete an on-line purchase of an item from a seller;
providing the customer with information from the seller with respect to an item;
receiving from the customer an indication to initiate a purchase transaction for purchasing the item including metadata associating said customer data with said transaction;
in response to the received indication, automatically completing the purchase of an item from the seller by by processing said metadata associating said customer data so as to complete the purchase transaction.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the customer data is maintained as an object.

3. The method of claim 1 processing said metadata includes processing said metadata to retrieve at least a portion of said customer data from an associated data store for use in completing the transaction.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the customer data is retrieved from a computer of the customer.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the customer data is retrieved from a computer of the seller.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the customer data is retrieved from a third party's computer.

7. A computer implemented method comprising:

providing an information provider data storing information for an information provider usable to automatically complete a proposed on-line transaction, including metadata associating said information with said transaction;
providing the information provider with information from an information consumer with respect to a proposed transaction;
receiving from the information provider an indication to complete the proposed transaction;
in response to the received indication, automatically completing the purchase of an item from the information consumer by accessing the information provider data to retrieve the information and process the retrieved information by processing said metadata associating said information with the proposed transaction so as to complete the proposed transaction.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the information provider data is stored in a computer of the information consumer.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 7, wherein the information provider data is maintained as an object.

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