Method and apparatus for managing electronic commerce
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1. A method comprising:
- sending transactional information to consumers;
receiving a transaction request from a consumer in response to the sent transactional information;
verifying the consumer from which the transaction request has been received against a first library of consumer information;
verifying a business with respect to which the transaction request has been received against a second library of business information;
sending the verified transaction request to a server system of the business with respect to which the transaction request has been received.
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Abstract
A method for managing electronic commerce includes storing consumer information. Transactional information is sent to a user. A request made by the consumer to make a transaction and the consumer information are securely forwarded to a party of the transaction.
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39 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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sending transactional information to consumers;
receiving a transaction request from a consumer in response to the sent transactional information;
verifying the consumer from which the transaction request has been received against a first library of consumer information;
verifying a business with respect to which the transaction request has been received against a second library of business information;
sending the verified transaction request to a server system of the business with respect to which the transaction request has been received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A machine readable medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
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sending transactional information to consumers;
receiving a transaction request from a consumer in response to the sent transactional information;
verifying the consumer from which the transaction request has been received against a first library of consumer information;
verifying a businesses with respect to which the transaction request has been received against a second library of business information;
sending the verified transaction request to a server system of the business with respect to which the transaction request has been received. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An electronic commerce system comprising:
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an information distributor to send transactional information to consumers;
a first library having information related to consumers;
a second library having information related to businesses;
a client interface to receive transaction requests from consumers for which related information is stored in the first library, the transaction requests being received in response to the sent transactional information;
a server interface to send transaction requests to server systems corresponding to businesses for which related information is stored in the second library; and
a transaction processor to verify consumers from which a transaction request has been received through the client interface against the first library and to verify businesses with respect to which a transaction request has been received against the second library and, after verification, to forward the verified transaction request to the server interface. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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