UNIVERSAL BUSINESS TO MEDIA TRANSACTION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An architecture of a computer network based universal transaction system enabling transactions between one or more offer providers and one or more customers, wherein the transactions relate to offers of wares by the offer providers, said system comprising:
- a universal agent system, said universal agent system being enabled to receive one or more offers of wares available for transaction, wherein the offers of wares are defined by the offer providers;
one or more offering systems, each said offering system enabling offer providers to define one or more offers of wares available for transaction with customers, wherein an offer of wares includes information indicating whether said universal agent system is delegated authority to complete transactions with customers relating to the offer of wares; and
one or more marketplace systems, each said marketplace system being enabled to receive the one or more offers of wares from said universal agent system, present the customers the one or more offers of wares, receive transaction requests from the customers relating to the one or more offers of wares, and communicate received transaction requests to said universal agent system;
wherein said universal agent system communicates the one or more offers of wares from said one or more offering systems to said one or more marketplace systems; and
wherein said universal agent system processes transaction requests received from said one or more marketplace systems.
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Abstract
A computer network based universal transaction system (CNBUTS) architecture that enables transaction between one or more offer providers and one or more customers relating to offers of wares (e.g., goods/services) by the offer providers. In one embodiment, the architecture of the CNBUTS includes a universal agent system, one or more offering systems and one or more marketplace systems. The universal agent system receives one or more offers of wares available for transactions. Each offering system enables offer providers to define the offer(s) of wares available for transaction. Each marketplace system receives the offer(s) of wares from the universal agent system, presents the customers the offer(s) of wares, receives transaction requests from the customers, and communicates received transaction requests to the universal agent system. The universal agent system communicates the offer(s) of wares from the offering system(s) to the marketplace system(s) and processes transaction requests received from the marketplace system(s).
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1. An architecture of a computer network based universal transaction system enabling transactions between one or more offer providers and one or more customers, wherein the transactions relate to offers of wares by the offer providers, said system comprising:
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a universal agent system, said universal agent system being enabled to receive one or more offers of wares available for transaction, wherein the offers of wares are defined by the offer providers; one or more offering systems, each said offering system enabling offer providers to define one or more offers of wares available for transaction with customers, wherein an offer of wares includes information indicating whether said universal agent system is delegated authority to complete transactions with customers relating to the offer of wares; and one or more marketplace systems, each said marketplace system being enabled to receive the one or more offers of wares from said universal agent system, present the customers the one or more offers of wares, receive transaction requests from the customers relating to the one or more offers of wares, and communicate received transaction requests to said universal agent system; wherein said universal agent system communicates the one or more offers of wares from said one or more offering systems to said one or more marketplace systems; and wherein said universal agent system processes transaction requests received from said one or more marketplace systems. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An architecture of a computer network based universal transaction system enabling transactions between one or more offer providers and one or more customers, wherein the transactions relate to offers of wares by the offer providers, said system comprising:
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a universal agent system implemented in the form of computer readable program code executable by a computer processor, said universal agent system being enabled to receive one or more offers of wares available for transaction, wherein the offers of wares are defined by the offer providers; a plurality of offering systems implemented in the form of computer readable program code executable by separate computer processors, each said offering system enabling offer providers to define one or more offers of wares available for transaction with customers, wherein an offer of wares includes information indicating whether said universal agent system is delegated authority to complete transactions with customers relating to the offer of wares; a plurality of offering interface brokers, each said offering interface broker corresponding with one of said offering systems and providing an interface between said corresponding offering system and said universal agent system for communication via a computer network between the computer processor executing universal agent system program code and the computer processor executing offering system program code; a plurality of marketplace systems implemented in the form of computer readable program code executable by separate computer processors, each said marketplace system being enabled to receive the one or more offers of wares from said universal agent system, present the customers the one or more offers of wares, receive transaction requests from the customers relating to the one or more offers of wares, and communicate received transaction requests to said universal agent system; a plurality of marketplace interface brokers, each said marketplace interface broker corresponding with one of said one or more marketplace systems and providing an interface between said corresponding marketplace system and said universal agent system for communication via a computer network between the computer processor executing universal agent system program code and the computer processor executing marketplace system program code; wherein said universal agent system communicates the one or more offers of wares from said plurality of offering systems to said plurality of marketplace systems using the offering and marketplace interface brokers; and wherein said universal agent system processes transaction requests received from said plurality of marketplace systems. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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