Method and a system for providing network communication between a product supplier and a potential buyer

• US 20030191839A1
• Filed: 05/05/2003
• Published: 10/09/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kurt Seljeseth
• Original Assignee: Kurt Seljeseth
• Inventors: Seljeseth, Kurt
• Granted Patent: US 7,467,182 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/225
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/45 Network directories; Name-to-address mapping

Abstract

Network communication is provided between an offerer (14) of a product (4) and a potential interested party (1) with regard to the product, by the offerer (14) placing an approach (3) regarding the product in an announcement channel, for instance a newspaper (2), and he then incorporates a unique perceptual element, for example a graphic icon (10), in the approach, which may be an advertisement (3). The perceptual element (10) indicates an association with a proprietor of a special network domain name. The potential interested party (1) then uses, for establishing the network communication, the special domain name together with an intuitive net address part (12) that can be understood from the approach (the advertisement)(3), the intuitive address is interpreted in a data processor (13) with the domain name proprietor, whereafter the communication is directed directly to an address (9) with the offerer (14) that is relevant with regard to the announced product (4).

Claims

1. A method for providing network communication between a product offerer and a potential interested party (potential buyer) with regard to the product, where

the offerer first announces the product by means of an approach through at least one announcement channel directed to the public, to a group of potential buyers or directed individually, and

the potential interested party (potential buyer) establishes communication by means of a special network address connected to the offerer,

characterized in that

the offerer incorporates a unique perceptual element in said approach in order to indicate association with a proprietor of at least one special network domain name,

whereby said potential interested party, when establishing network communication, uses as the special network address an approach-specific, intuitive net address part together with said domain name, and that

the domain name proprietor immediately interprets the address by means of a data processor, and directs the communication directly to an address with the offerer or associated with the offerer, which address is relevant with regard to the announced product or with regard to one argument among a number of arguments in said approach.

13. A method for executing a realtime market investigation,

characterized in that distribution data for an announcement channel is automatically cross-coupled against database-recorded profiles associated with potential buyers and offerers on the occasion of network communication with regard to an announced product, said profiles being activated by declarations in the network communication between the potential buyers and offerers, said network communication being initiated by perceptual marking of the product announcement through the channel, and being in accordance with the method stated in claim 1.

2. A system for providing network communication between an offerer of a product and a potential interested party, (potential buyer) with regard to the product, comprising

at least one announcement channel directed to the public, to a group of potential buyers or directed individually, and in which channel the offerer places an approach regarding the product, and

a network by means of which the potential interested party establishes communication with the offerer by means of a special network address associated with the offerer, characterized by

a unique perceptual element that the offerer incorporates in said approach with permission from a proprietor of at least one special network domain name, and

a network central belonging to said proprietor, operative for computerized interpretation of addresses and onward routing of network calling from a potential interested party on the basis of a network address stated by said potential interested party, which network address is an approach-specific intuitive net address part together with the special domain name, said onward routing then being made directly to an address with the offerer or associated with the offerer, which address is relevant with regard to the announced product or with regard to one argument among a number of arguments in said approach.

3. The system of claim 2,

characterized in that said announcement channel is a printed medium, for example a newspaper, a periodical, a brochure, a publication, a postcard, a poster, a letter-paper, a visiting card, advertisement material or a commodity with printed marking thereon.

4. The system of claim 2,

characterized in that said announcement channel is an ether medium, for example radio or television with programs and advertisement features.

5. The system of claim 2,

characterized in that said announcement channel is a publishing forum and/or communication forum connected to a world web, regional web or local web.

6. The system of claim 2,

characterized in that said announcement channel comprises program categories with perceptual marking, special domain names being associated with respective program categories.

7. The system of any of claims 2-6,

characterized in that the perceptual element is a graphic element in a visual approach with regard to the product.

8. The system of claim 2,

characterized in that the perceptual element is a special sound or sound combination in an audible approach with regard to the product.

9. The system of claim 2,

characterized in that the perceptual element is a scent from an aromatic approach with regard to the product.

10. The system of claim 2,

characterized in that the network central of the proprietor is equipped with tools for processing and verification of data associated with communication between the offerers, the potential buyers and the announcement channels.

11. The system of claim 2,

characterized in that a computer in the network central is equipped with look-up tables containing topical and possible net address parts for each individual approach that has been established, possibly also such net address parts garbled.

12. The system of claim 2,

characterized in that the product is included in a group comprising material products (commodities), services, applications, functions, access permissions, data storage.

14. A method for network addressing in a system for network communication between product offerers and potential interested parties (potential buyers) with regard to the products, in which the offerers place approaches regarding the products in announcement channels that may be directed to the public, to groups of potential buyers or directed individually, and where an interested party starts network communication via his user interface, initiated by an approach, characterized in that the user interface of the interested party automatically transforms an approach-specific intuitive net address input by the interested party in accordance with normal language convention, into a data-logical network address.