Internet based service (IBS)
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1. A process of purchasing goods and services by a service provider comprising:
- A. organizing a set of customers desirous of purchasing at least some of the goods or services, such customers taken from tenant organizations housed in a building structure to purchase from a central source, said organizing including arranging for communication between the service provider and each of the set of customers by computer controlled electronic communication;
B. locating at least one supplier having at least some of the goods or services;
C. transmitting the available goods or services of the supplier to the set of customers at prices set by the service provider;
D. receive orders from the customers;
E. combine the customer orders to a consolidated order for the supplier;
F. ordering the customer orders from the supplier;
G. paying the supplier for the customer orders;
H. charging the customers for their respective orders;
I. receiving goods and services from the supplier; and
J. distributing the goods and services to the customer.
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Abstract
A process is disclosed which combines Internet technology and organizational business practices, to enable a service provider to become the central procurement department for multiple companies by purchasing goods and services from an aggregation of multiple companies. This is accomplished by offering the services of purchasing goods and services to a subset of the purchasing public who are tenants of member office buildings.
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1. A process of purchasing goods and services by a service provider comprising:
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A. organizing a set of customers desirous of purchasing at least some of the goods or services, such customers taken from tenant organizations housed in a building structure to purchase from a central source, said organizing including arranging for communication between the service provider and each of the set of customers by computer controlled electronic communication;
B. locating at least one supplier having at least some of the goods or services;
C. transmitting the available goods or services of the supplier to the set of customers at prices set by the service provider;
D. receive orders from the customers;
E. combine the customer orders to a consolidated order for the supplier;
F. ordering the customer orders from the supplier;
G. paying the supplier for the customer orders;
H. charging the customers for their respective orders;
I. receiving goods and services from the supplier; and
J. distributing the goods and services to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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Current AssigneeBruce N. Rosenthal
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Original AssigneeBruce N. Rosenthal
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InventorsRosenthal, Bruce N.
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Application NumberUS10/606,993Publication NumberTime in Patent OfficeDaysField of SearchUS Class Current705/26.81CPC Class CodesG06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock manageme...G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing ...G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition o...
