Methods and apparatus for on-line ordering
First Claim
1. A method for identifying data objects in a client browser using functions, said browser communicating with a server system via an electronic communication network, said method comprising:
- transferring a data set and at least one function from said server system to said browser, said data set comprising a plurality of data objects; and
identifying at least one of said data objects using said function.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for ordering supplies from suppliers or for other e-commerce activities are described. Standards for placing orders and registering catalog information in a database are described. Systems and methods for placing orders, preprocessing supplier information using geographic information, conducting data searches and analyses locally on user access devices, continuously updating displays of browser frames, tracking orders using accounting codes, placing graphical custom orders, submitting graphical orders to suppliers, placing group orders, reducing risks associated with delinquent accounts receivable, and combinations thereof are described.
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54 Claims
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1. A method for identifying data objects in a client browser using functions, said browser communicating with a server system via an electronic communication network, said method comprising:
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transferring a data set and at least one function from said server system to said browser, said data set comprising a plurality of data objects; and
identifying at least one of said data objects using said function. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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4. The method of claim wherein said decompressing comprises converting data from base-n values to base-10 values, wherein n is a number greater than 10.
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11. A system for identifying data objects in a client browser using functions, comprising:
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means for transferring a data set and at least one function from a server system to a browser via an electronic communication network, said data set comprising a plurality of data objects; and
means for identifying at least one of said data objects using said function, said means for transferring and said means for identifying in communication via an electronic communication system. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 27)
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28. A process for enhancing a user initiated search from a client access device that communicates with a server over the Internet, comprising the steps of:
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creating one or more lists of service providers, wherein said lists are based upon a predefined criteria;
electronically compressing at least one list of service providers on said server prior to transmission over the Internet;
initiating said user initiated search from said client access device based on at least one of
1) one or more user specified rules,
2) a user'"'"'s geographic coordinates, and
3) one ore more user specified rules and a user'"'"'s geographic coordinates, wherein a user'"'"'s geographic coordinates are obtained utilizing a geozoning process;
sending said user initiated search from said client access device to said server;
receiving said user initiated search on said server;
mapping said user initiated search to one or more said lists of service providers selecting one or more said lists of service providers based upon said mapping;
transmitting one ore more selected lists of service providers from said server to said client access device over the Internet;
receiving one ore more selected lists of service providers on said client access device; and
optionally decompressing at least one list of service providers on client access device. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A process for creating a search and ordering system using a client access device that communicates with a server over the Internet, comprising the steps of:
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sending at least one list of providers and detailed searchable data from said server to said client access device, wherein said list of providers and detailed searchable data is electronically compressed;
sending decompression software to said client access device;
sending searching software to said client access device, wherein said searching software is installed and executed into an Hypertext Markup Layer viewer;
executing said decompression software on said client access device to decompress said at least one list of providers and said detailed searchable data; and
creating a searchable database from said at least one list of providers and said detailed searchable data on said client. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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