Network request-response virtual-direct interaction to facilitate direct real-time transaction communications

• US 20010037368A1
• Filed: 04/04/2001
• Published: 11/01/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bin Huang
• Original Assignee: Bin Huang
• Inventors: Huang, Bin
• Application Number:
  US09/826,345
• Publication Number:
  US 20010037368A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

The present invention discloses an Internet system. The Internet system includes an electronic-commerce (e-commerce) engine that has a master server networked (connected through Internet) to a store manager personal computer (PC) and an e-commerce customer. The master server further has a redirection means for redirecting a data received from the e-commerce customer to the store manager PC, or redirecting a feedback data received from store manager PC to the e-commerce customer, to enable a real-time on-line communication between the e-commerce customer and the store manager PC. The master server further has a multiple redirection means for redirecting the data received to different store manage PCs according to the request made by client customers. In a preferred embodiment, the e-commerce engine further has a Web page processor for providing Web pages to the e-commerce customer and store manager PC. In another preferred embodiment, the e-commerce engine further has a database for storing good-or-service catalog of the store manager PC for allowing the e-commerce customer to order the good-or-service from the store manager PC. In another preferred embodiment, the e-commerce engine further has a shopping cart which can temporally store the items or item ids selected by customers. In another preferred embodiment, the e-commerce engine further has a store manager PC registration-and log-in/log-out processor for registering and logging in and out the store manager PC.

Claims

1. An Internet system comprising:

an electronic-commerce (e-commerce) engine comprising a master server Internet connected to a store manager personal computer (PC) and a e-commerce customer; and

said master server comprising a redirection means for redirecting a data received from said e-commerce customer to said store manager PC, and redirecting a responding data received from said store manager PC to said e-commerce customer, to enable a real-time on-line communication between said e-commerce customer and said store manager PC.

2. The Internet system of

claim 1

wherein:

said e-commerce engine further comprising a Web page processor for providing Web pages to said e-commerce customer and said store manager PC.

3. The Internet system of

claim 1

wherein:

said e-commerce engine further comprising a database for storing good-or-service catalog for said store manager PC for allowing said e-commerce customer to order said good-or-service from said store manager PC.

4. The Internet system of

claim 1

wherein:

said e-commerce engine further comprising a shopping cart for temporary storing multiple orders selected by said e-commerce customer for generating a verifying web-page for review and confirmation by said e-commerce customer.

5. The Internet system of

claim 1

wherein:

said e-commerce engine further comprising a store manager PC registration-and log-in/log-out processor for registering and logging in and out said store manager PC to obtain a dynamic IP address of said store manager PC.

6. The Internet system of

claim 1

wherein:

said master server comprising a multiple thread means for redirecting data received from at least two e-commerce customers to at least two store manager personal computers in parallel.

11. The method of

claim 6

wherein:

said step a) of instantiating a receiving process for receiving a request from said requester for said good-or-service through an Internet system further comprising a step of providing an Internet Web page to enabling said requester to enter said request for said goods-or-services.

16. The Internet system of

claim 1

wherein:

said redirection means redirecting a data relating to a scheduled-reservation received from said e-commerce customer to said store manager PC to enable a real-time online communication between said e-commerce customer and said store manager PC for making said scheduled-reservation for said e-commerce customer.

17. The Internet system of

claim 1

wherein:

said redirection means redirecting a data relating to a purchase-merchandise received from said e-commerce customer to said store manager PC to enable a real-time online communication between said e-commerce customer and said store manager PC for completing a transaction of said purchase-merchandise for said e-commerce customer.

18. The Internet system of

claim 1

wherein:

said redirection means redirecting a data relating to a price-dependent purchase proposal of a good-or-service received from said e-commerce customer to said store manager PC to enable a real-time on-line communication between said e-commerce customer and said store manager PC for completing a transaction of said price-dependent purchase proposal of a good-or-service for said e-commerce customer.

7. A method for generating a virtual-direct interaction between a net-requester for a good-or-service and a direct-resource for providing said good-or-service comprising:

a) instantiating a receiving process for receiving a request from said requester for said good-or-service through an Internet system; and

b) responding to said request received by said receiving process for instantiating a transmission process for transmitting data to said direct-resource for providing said good-or-service through said Internet system.

8. The method of

claim 7

further comprising:

c) instantiating a second receiving process for receiving a response from said direct resource for providing said good-or-service responding to said request;

d) responding to said response from said direct resource for providing said good or service received by said second receiving process for instantiating a second transmission process for transmitting data to said requester for said good-or-service through said Internet system.

9. The method of

claim 7

wherein:

said step a) of instantiating said receiving process comprising a step of stream socket connecting a requester transmission process transmitted from said requester to said receiving process instantiated by a master server program; and

said step b) of instantiating said transmission process comprising a step of a second stream socket connecting said transmission process with receiving process instantiated by a said direct-resource program for transmitting data to said direct-resource for providing said goods-or-services through said Internet system.

10. The method of

claim 8

wherein:

said step c) of instantiating said second receiving process comprising a step of using said second connection in step b) for transmitting data from said direct-resource transmission process transmitted from said direct-resource to said second receiving process instantiated by a master server program; and

said step d) of instantiating said second transmission process comprising a step of using said connection in step a) for transmitting data to said net requester through said Internet system.

12. A method for receiving and responding an electronic commerce message between networked data handling systems comprising:

receiving an electronic-commerce requesting message from a requesting data handling system and generating a virtual-direct interaction by redirecting said electronic commerce requesting message in real time to a networked responding data handling system.

13. The method of

claim 12

further comprising:

receiving and redirecting a response for responding to said electronic commerce requesting message from said respondent data handling system to said requesting data handling system for providing said virtual-direct interaction between said requesting data handling system and said respondent data handling system.

14. A network system for generating a virtual-direct interaction between a net-requester for a good-or-service and a direct-resource for providing said good-or-service comprising:

a process instantiating means for instantiating a receiving process and a transmitting process for receiving and transmitting a request and a response;

a process connecting means for connecting said transmission process with said receiving process for enabling said netrequester for good-and-service and said direct-resource for providing said good-or-service to have a virtual-direct interaction for conducting a real-time interactive communication on said network system.

15. The network system of

claim 14

wherein:

said process connection means comprising a stream socket connection means for generating steam socket for connecting said transmission process with said receiving process.