Storepath for sharing commerce assets
First Claim
1. A method of accessing data regarding commerce assets such as products or services offered at virtual stores participating in a virtual marketplace in a client/server system based on a user query for data relating to a commerce asset for a particular asset type at a particular virtual store, the user accessing the client/server system through a client having a graphical user interface to obtain the user query and to display a response to the query, the assets data being stored in a database accessed by a resource manager, an application server interfacing the resource manager with graphical user interface, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) establishing a storepath relationship correlating asset types among related stores;
b) resolving the user query into at least a database query executable by the resource manager;
c) retrieving assets data for asset type available at particular virtual store; and
d) returning assets data to user as the response to the query.
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Abstract
A method of accessing information relating to various commerce assets such as products or services offered at virtual stores participating in a virtual marketplace is disclosed. The commerce assets in each store are related by storepath relationships correlating asset types among related stores. The method uses the storepath relationships to retrieve information about commerce asset types available from a store.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of accessing data regarding commerce assets such as products or services offered at virtual stores participating in a virtual marketplace in a client/server system based on a user query for data relating to a commerce asset for a particular asset type at a particular virtual store, the user accessing the client/server system through a client having a graphical user interface to obtain the user query and to display a response to the query, the assets data being stored in a database accessed by a resource manager, an application server interfacing the resource manager with graphical user interface, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) establishing a storepath relationship correlating asset types among related stores;
b) resolving the user query into at least a database query executable by the resource manager;
c) retrieving assets data for asset type available at particular virtual store; and
d) returning assets data to user as the response to the query. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A client/server system comprising:
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at least one client having a graphical user interface for receiving a user'"'"'s query for data relating to a commerce asset offered at a virtual store stored on a database;
an application server operatively connected to the client graphical user interface, the application server having a business logic component for resolving the query into at least a database query; and
a resource manager operatively connected to the application server, the resource manager including a database management system for processing the database queries, accessing the database containing a response to the query, retrieving and forwarding the response to the application server. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product having a computer readable medium tangibly embodying computer executable code for directing a data processing system to access data regarding assets such as products or services offered at virtual stores participating in a marketplace in a client/server system based on a user query about data asset for a particular asset type at a particular virtual store, the user accessing the client/server system through a client having a graphical user interface to obtain the user query and to display a response to the query, the assets data being stored in a database accessed by a resource manager, an application server interfacing the resource manager with graphical user interface, said computer program product comprising:
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code for establishing a storepath relationship correlating asset types among related stores;
code for resolving the user query into at least a database query executable by the resource manager;
code for retrieving assets data for the asset type available at a particular virtual store; and
code for returning assets data to user as the response to the user query. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave and having means in the computer data signal for directing a data processing system to access data regarding assets such as products or services offered at virtual stores participating in a virtual marketplace in a client/server system based on a user query about data asset for a particular asset type at a particular virtual store, the user accessing the client/server system through a client having a graphical user interface to obtain the user query and to display a response to the query, the assets data being stored in a database accessed by a resource manager, an application server interfacing the resource manager with graphical user interface, the computer data signal comprising:
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means in the computer data signal for establishing a storepath relationship correlating asset types among related stores;
means in the computer data signal for resolving the user query into at least a database query executable by the resource manager;
means in the computer data signal for retrieving assets data for the asset type available at a particular virtual store; and
means in the computer data signal for returning the assets data to user as the response to the user query. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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