Centralized ecommerce sales data distribution system and service
First Claim
1. A centralized electronic distribution method aiding in listing an item, comprising a good or service, for sale at a plurality of ecommerce web sites, the method comprising the steps of:
- engaging a channel to participate in receiving sales meta data on the item for display on each such ecommerce web site, wherein the channel comprises a plurality of ecommerce web sites;
contracting with an owner of an item to distribute sales meta data on the item to the channel;
creating a master electronic content file of sales meta data specific to the item and comprising the composite of the sales meta data required by the ecommerce web sites in the channel;
storing the master electronic content file on a server;
deriving, from the master electronic content file, a subset of sales meta data for each of a plurality of ecommerce web sites in the channel, wherein each subset meets the sales meta data requirements of the ecommerce web site in the channel for which the subset is derived; and
,transferring each subset from the server to the ecommerce web site in the channel for which the subset was derived for display on the web site.
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Abstract
A device and method is disclosed enabling centralized electronic distribution of a listing of an item for sale to numerous ecommerce web sites having disparate meta data requirements for their listings. Steps include engaging a plurality of ecommerce web sites to participate; contracting with an owner of an item to distribute sales meta data on the item to the web sites; creating a master electronic content file of sales meta data specific to the item and comprising the composite of the sales meta data required by all the web sites; storing the master electronic content file on a server; deriving a subset of sales meta data for each of the web sites; and, transferring each subset from the server to the respective web site for display. The system of the invention is in computer readable memory encoded with software that enables the steps of the method of the invention.
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9 Claims
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1. A centralized electronic distribution method aiding in listing an item, comprising a good or service, for sale at a plurality of ecommerce web sites, the method comprising the steps of:
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engaging a channel to participate in receiving sales meta data on the item for display on each such ecommerce web site, wherein the channel comprises a plurality of ecommerce web sites; contracting with an owner of an item to distribute sales meta data on the item to the channel; creating a master electronic content file of sales meta data specific to the item and comprising the composite of the sales meta data required by the ecommerce web sites in the channel; storing the master electronic content file on a server; deriving, from the master electronic content file, a subset of sales meta data for each of a plurality of ecommerce web sites in the channel, wherein each subset meets the sales meta data requirements of the ecommerce web site in the channel for which the subset is derived; and
,transferring each subset from the server to the ecommerce web site in the channel for which the subset was derived for display on the web site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer readable medium storing instructions for centralizing electronic distribution of listings for an item, comprising a good or service, for sale at a plurality of ecommerce web sites, the instructions when executed cause the computer to perform the following steps:
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creating a master electronic content file of sales meta data specific to the item, wherein the file comprises the composite of the sales meta data required by the ecommerce web sites; deriving, from the master electronic content file, a subset of sales meta data for each of a plurality of ecommerce web sites, wherein each subset meets the sales meta data requirements of the ecommerce web site for which the subset is derived; and
,transferring each subset from the computer to the ecommerce web site for which the subset was derived for display on the ecommerce web site.
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