SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT ELECTRONIC-COMMERCE TRANSACTIONS USING WEB DOCUMENTS EMBODYING ELECTRONIC-COMMERCE ENABLING APPLETS AUTOMATICALLY LAUNCHED AND EXECUTED IN RESPONSE TO READING URL-ENCODED SYMBOLS POINTING THERETO

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