Purchasing system and method

• US 20060116953A1
• Filed: 10/12/2005
• Published: 06/01/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cryptzone Group AB
• Original Assignee: Cryptzone Group AB
• Inventors: Avidan, Rami, Davin, Peter
• Application Number:
  US11/248,060
• Publication Number:
  US 20060116953A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/39
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

A network based system having a central server, at least one buyer computer and one merchant computer belonging to a reseller entity, at least one computer belonging to a reseller contact, the server receives information and saves information about the buyer, reseller and entities having permission to assign from agent entity to reseller entity reseller contact, the buyer computer programmed to allow purchasing product from merchant computer, merchant computer programmed to send information about the purchase from the buyer computer to the central server and financial transaction from the buyer to the reseller. Upon reception of a first transaction from the buyer to the reseller, the central server is programmed to allow transactions based on the first transaction to the reseller contact, and the server is arranged to store information about transactions and buyer, with respect to stored permissions, available to the reseller and the reseller contact on the server.

Claims

1. A method of facilitating a purchase process using a computer network, to which a number of computers are connected, one of which is a central server unit, each computer comprising storage units for storing information and instructions, microprocessors and communication arrangements, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a sell structure comprising at least one agent entity, a distributor entity and a reseller entity,

each of the entities being connected to the network,

the entities having permission to assign from the agent entity to the reseller entity,

allowing the reseller entity to sell a product to a customer,

providing the central server with information on the customer and the sale,

upon reception of a first financial transaction from the customer to the reseller entity, allowing transactions based on the first transactions to the agent and/or distributor entities, and

storing information about transactions and customer, based on permissions, available to all entities on the server.

2. A network based sales system, comprising:

a central server,

at least one buyer computer,

at least one merchant computer belonging to a reseller entity,

at least one computer belonging to a reseller contact,

wherein said server is programmed to receive information and save information about the buyer, reseller and entities having permission to assign from agent entity to reseller entity a reseller contact,

said at least one buyer computer having instructions to allow purchasing a product from said at least one merchant computer,

said at least one merchant computer having instructions to send information about said purchase from said at least one buyer computer to said central server and financial transaction from said buyer to said reseller,

upon reception of a first finical transaction from said buyer to said reseller, said central server having instructions to allow transactions based on said first transaction to said reseller contact, and

said server being arranged to store information about transactions and buyer, with respect to stored permissions, available to said reseller and said reseller contact on said server.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein at least one of said agent, distributor and reseller entities receive commission based on the transactions made.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein at buyer receives product via either said at least one merchant computer or reseller.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein said agent entity signs up a distributor and information about said sign up is stored in said central server.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein said distributor entity signs up a reseller and information about said sign up is stored in said central server.

7. The system of claim 2, wherein said reseller entity signs up a buyer and information about said sign up is stored in said central server.

8. The system of claim 2, wherein financial transactions are made between buyer, reseller and said central server for a purchased object.