System for electronic merchandising and shopping
First Claim
1. A network merchandising system for enabling the small business vendor to establish and operate a virtual store without having access to or knowledge of html or other programing language comprising:
- a server computer;
a database operatively connected to said server computer;
at least one vendor client computer;
a least one customer client computer;
a network operatively interconnecting said server computer, said at least one vendor client computer and said at least one customer client computer;
said server computer programmed to provide to said at least one vendor client computer a first series of instructions for enabling selection of a store name, said store name including a preset required designator; and
said server computer further programmed to provide to said at least one vendor client computer a second series of instructions for enabling set up of said store without said small business vendor using html or other programming language.
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Abstract
A network based merchandising system enabling electronic commerce which provides a full service e-commerce system for use by small and medium size businesses to enable them to provide an affordable, complete, real time, one stop, online credit/debit card processing, dynamic, transactional analysis, database management and a fully functional online shopping cart system for the merchant'"'"'s customer database. The system includes a server computer, connected to a database at least one customer client computer and at least one vendor client computer all interconnected over the network. The server computer is programmed to enable the vendor, through a series of instructions, to set up a virtual store name including a predefined required designator all without the use of html or other programming language. A customer, through the customer client computer, may access the store and purchase goods by utilizing a merchant account credit card enabling portion of the system accessible to all vendors who subscribe to the system.
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1. A network merchandising system for enabling the small business vendor to establish and operate a virtual store without having access to or knowledge of html or other programing language comprising:
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a server computer;
a database operatively connected to said server computer;
at least one vendor client computer;
a least one customer client computer;
a network operatively interconnecting said server computer, said at least one vendor client computer and said at least one customer client computer;
said server computer programmed to provide to said at least one vendor client computer a first series of instructions for enabling selection of a store name, said store name including a preset required designator; and
said server computer further programmed to provide to said at least one vendor client computer a second series of instructions for enabling set up of said store without said small business vendor using html or other programming language. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29)
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26. A network merchandising system for enabling the small business vendor to establish and operate a virtual store without having access to or knowledge of html or other programming language comprising:
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a server computer;
a database operatively connected to said server computer;
at least one vendor client computer;
a least one customer client computer;
a network operatively interconnecting said server computer, said at least one vendor client computer and said at least one customer client computer;
said server computer programmed to provide to said at least one vendor client computer a first series of instructions for enabling selection of a store name, said store name including a preset required designator;
said server computer further programmed to provide to said at least one vendor client computer a second series of instructions for enabling set up of said store without said small business vendor using html or other programming language; and
said system including a bank merchant account interconnected to said database for processing credit card purchases by said at least one customer from said at least one vendor virtual store.
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