Alternative email-based website checkouts

Abstract

An e-commerce system and method for facilitating transactions between a customer and a vendor is disclosed. The e-commerce system includes a receiver configured to receive a request for at least one token, the request including the details of at least one transaction for the purchase of at least one product, a processor configured to generate at least one token, a transmitter configured to transmit the at least one token to a customer browser, the customer browser being used to validate the token using at least one iframe, the receiver configured to receive submission in the iframe, the processor configured to decode the token, the processor configured to perform one or more validations, and the processor configured to process the transaction, on a condition that the validations are approved.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method implemented in an e-commerce system to facilitate transactions between a customer and a vendor, the method comprising:
 generating, by a processor, the requested at least one token;   transmitting, by a transmitter, the at least one token to a customer browser, the customer browser being used to validate the token using at least one iframe;   receiving, by a receiver, a submission in the iframe;   performing, by the processor, a validation of the submission to the iframe;   decoding, by the processor, the token; and   processing, by the processor, the transaction, on a condition that the validation is approved.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the validation is Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) validation. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the details of at least one transaction for the purchase of at least one product are based on a customer selecting items for checkout. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the token is a site token. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising calculating the amount of the transaction with the processor. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the token is a bulk token in a direct-to-purchase scenario. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising transmitting a confirmation email message to a customer. 
     
     
         8 . An e-commerce system to facilitate transactions between a customer and a vendor, the e-commerce system comprising:
 a receiver configured to receive a request for at least one token, the request including the details of at least one transaction for the purchase of at least one product;   a processor configured to generate at least one token;   a transmitter configured to transmit the at least one token to a customer browser, the customer browser being used to validate the token using at least one iframe;   the receiver configured to receive submission in the iframe;   the processor configured to decode the token;   the processor configured to perform a validation; and   the processor configured to process the transaction, on a condition that the validation is approved.   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 9  wherein the validation is Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) validation. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9  wherein the details of at least one transaction for the purchase of at least one product are based on a customer selecting items for checkout. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 9  wherein the token is a site token. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 9  wherein the processor further calculates the amount of the transaction. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 9  wherein the token is a bulk token. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 9  wherein the transmitter transmits a confirmation email message to a customer