Agricultural product business system
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1. A method of distributing agricultural products utilizing a system server having a database and communications network interface comprising:
- providing indicia of available agricultural products selected from the system server database to a consumer user terminal utilizing a communications network;
receiving an indication of at least one ordered agricultural product from the user terminal utilizing the communications network;
providing order fulfillment information from the system server to the at least one distributor according to distributor priority for at least one of the at least one ordered agricultural product; and
receiving an indicia of distributor order fulfillment
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for distributing agricultural products by selectively distributing orders among a network of agricultural product suppliers is described.
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1. A method of distributing agricultural products utilizing a system server having a database and communications network interface comprising:
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providing indicia of available agricultural products selected from the system server database to a consumer user terminal utilizing a communications network;
receiving an indication of at least one ordered agricultural product from the user terminal utilizing the communications network;
providing order fulfillment information from the system server to the at least one distributor according to distributor priority for at least one of the at least one ordered agricultural product; and
receiving an indicia of distributor order fulfillment - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An agricultural product distribution system comprising:
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a system server having a data processor connected to a client using a communications network;
a storage device connected to the data processor;
the storage device storing a system server database;
the storage device storing a logic program; and
the data processor operative with the logic program to perform;
receiving input indicia of available agricultural products into the system server database;
receiving input of distributor information into the system server database;
receiving input of distributor selection information into the system server database including a priority and maximum quota for at least one available agricultural product;
providing indicia of available agricultural products selected from the system server database to a consumer user terminal utilizing the communications network;
receiving an indication of at least one ordered agricultural product from the user terminal utilizing the communications network;
selecting at least one distributor for order fulfillment based upon the distributor selection information;
providing origin and destination shipping information from the system server to at least one shipping company;
providing order fulfillment information from the system server to the at least one selected distributor for at least one of the at least one ordered agricultural product, wherein the order fulfillment information comprises information formatted for printing a single form including a shipping label, order fulfillment sheet and consumer message;
receiving an indication of payment information from a user consumer terminal utilizing the communications network;
receiving an indication of shipping information from a user consumer terminal utilizing the communications network; and
receiving an indicia of distributor order fulfillment.
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14. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a computer readable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code means including;
means for receiving input indicia of available agricultural products into the system server database;
means for receiving input of distributor information into the system server database;
means for receiving input of distributor selection information into the system server database including a priority and maximum quota for at least one available agricultural product;
means for providing indicia of available agricultural products selected from the system server database to a consumer user terminal utilizing the communications network;
means for receiving an indication of at least one ordered agricultural product from the user terminal utilizing the communications network;
means for selecting at least one distributor for order fulfillment based upon the distributor selection information;
means for providing order fulfillment information from the system server to the at least one selected distributor for at least one of the at least one ordered agricultural product, wherein the order fulfillment information comprises information formatted for printing a single form including a shipping label, order fulfillment sheet and consumer message;
means for receiving an indication of payment information from a user consumer terminal utilizing the communications network;
means for receiving an indication of shipping information from a user consumer terminal utilizing the communications network; and
means for receiving an indicia of distributor order fulfillment.
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