Internet communications and e-commerce platform
First Claim
1. A scalable system for electronic commerce and communications over a network, comprising:
- an electronic commerce module for processing and accounting commercial transactions between a plurality of subscribers and end users;
an application platform for processing and accounting commercial transactions between said administrator and said plurality of subscribers;
a telecommunications module comprising infrastructure providing a plurality of digital communication applications used by said subscribers through said network;
a system manager module for management of said application platform and said telecommunications infrastructure.
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Abstract
An Internet, communications and e-commerce platform provides a Web-based business creation environment with a managed infrastructure and business portals. The system supplies the means to build Internet-based business-to-business or business-to-consumer commerce combined with quality of service enabling self-management and information reporting via a single point of access for a variety of independent businesses in a hierarchical system. The system is designed to be an off-the-shelf solution for businesses that provides a commercial chain with which to reach the end users by leveraging the administration of commerce and communications over a network. The system provides the interfaces for distributors and agents of products and services, and also provides the interfaces for the actual end user objects, such as individual users, corporate users, telephone calling card managers.
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13 Claims
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1. A scalable system for electronic commerce and communications over a network, comprising:
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an electronic commerce module for processing and accounting commercial transactions between a plurality of subscribers and end users;
an application platform for processing and accounting commercial transactions between said administrator and said plurality of subscribers;
a telecommunications module comprising infrastructure providing a plurality of digital communication applications used by said subscribers through said network;
a system manager module for management of said application platform and said telecommunications infrastructure.
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2. A scalable system for electronic commerce and communications over a network, comprising:
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an electronic commerce module for processing and accounting commercial transactions between a plurality of subscribers and end users;
said commerce module comprising an administrator and a plurality of said subscribers to said platform arranged in vertical commercial relationships;
operational capabilities provisioned to each said subscriber according to rules governed by said administrator;
an application platform for processing and accounting commercial transactions between said administrator and said plurality of subscribers;
a telecommunications module comprising infrastructure providing a plurality of digital communication applications used by said subscribers through said network;
a system manager module for management of said application platform and said telecommunications infrastructure. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A scalable system for electronic commerce and communications over a network, comprising:
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an electronic commerce module providing a platform for a first subscriber to conduct commercial transactions over the Internet with a second subscriber;
said electronic commerce module having vertically arranged relationships of said subscribers of system administrator, distributor, reseller, agent, and users;
a corporate agent module to provide corporate user management and tracking of sales and transactional activities and corporate communication managment;
said subscribers and said users conducting said electronic commerce according to workflows defining rules of engagement and accounting;
a network manager module managing network architecture, operating systems, and application software throughout the system;
a communications platform to provide digital communications between said subscribers and said users, said communications platform utilizing said network architecture to transmit said digital communications through the Internet between gateways integrated to said network. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A network for electronic commerce and communications over the Internet, comprising:
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at least one server containing an application platform that comprises communications and accounting applications;
a plurality of gateways serving connecting subscribers and users to said platform through the Internet to an electronic commerce module for processing and accounting commercial transactions between a plurality of subscribers and end users;
said commerce module comprising an administrator and a plurality of said subscribers to said platform arranged in vertical commercial relationships;
operational capabilities provisioned to each said subscriber according to rules governed by said administrator;
an application platform for processing and accounting commercial transactions between said administrator and said plurality of subscribers;
a telecommunications module comprising infrastructure providing a plurality of digital communication applications used by said subscribers through said network;
said communication applications include voice, facsimile, and data transmissions.
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