CENTRALIZED, ONLINE MULTI-SELLER INTERFACE SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A sales portal system supporting a plurality of buyer computers used by a corresponding plurality of buyers, the sales portal system comprising:
- a server system communicatively coupled to;
a first seller'"'"'s computer used by a first seller to support sales of a first plurality of products, each of the first plurality of products having associated first product data stored in a first configuration; and
a second seller'"'"'s computer used by a second seller to support sales of a second plurality of products, each of the second plurality of products having associated second product data stored in a second configuration; and
the plurality of buyer computers, wherein;
the server system accesses the associated first product data and the associated second product data;
the server system responds to a query received from one of the plurality of buyer computers by delivering selections from the associated first product data and the associated second product data; and
the server system manages a single sales transaction for at least one of the first plurality of products and at least one of the second plurality of products, the at least one of the first plurality of products and the at least one of the second plurality of products being represented by at least a portion of the delivered selections.
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Abstract
A sales portal system supports a plurality of buyer computers used by a corresponding plurality of buyers. The sales portal system supports a first seller'"'"'s computer to support sales of a first plurality of products a second seller'"'"'s computer to support sales of a second plurality of products. The sales portal accesses first product data from the first seller'"'"'s computer and second product data from the second seller'"'"'s computer and responds to a query received from one of the plurality of buyer computers by delivering selections from the associated first product data and the associated second product data. The sales portal manages a single sales transaction for a first product of a first seller and a second product of a second seller. The sales portal rates sellers. The sales portal apportions payment, fulfillment, delivery instructions, and other sales components to the first and second sellers.
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78 Claims
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1. A sales portal system supporting a plurality of buyer computers used by a corresponding plurality of buyers, the sales portal system comprising:
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a server system communicatively coupled to; a first seller'"'"'s computer used by a first seller to support sales of a first plurality of products, each of the first plurality of products having associated first product data stored in a first configuration; and a second seller'"'"'s computer used by a second seller to support sales of a second plurality of products, each of the second plurality of products having associated second product data stored in a second configuration; and the plurality of buyer computers, wherein; the server system accesses the associated first product data and the associated second product data; the server system responds to a query received from one of the plurality of buyer computers by delivering selections from the associated first product data and the associated second product data; and the server system manages a single sales transaction for at least one of the first plurality of products and at least one of the second plurality of products, the at least one of the first plurality of products and the at least one of the second plurality of products being represented by at least a portion of the delivered selections. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A sales portal system supporting a plurality of buyer computers used by a corresponding plurality of buyers, the sales portal system comprising:
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a server system communicatively coupled to; a first seller'"'"'s computer used by a first seller to support sales of a first plurality of products, each of the first plurality of products having associated first product data stored in a first configuration on the first seller'"'"'s computer; and a second seller'"'"'s computer used by a second seller to support sales of a second plurality of products, each of the second plurality of products having associated second product data stored in a second configuration on the second seller'"'"'s computer, the second configuration differing from the first configuration; and the plurality of buyer computers, wherein; the server system accesses the associated first product data via first processing and the associated second product data via second processing, wherein the first processing and second processing support a common interface to the associated first product data and the associated second product data; and the server system responds to a query received from one of the plurality of buyer computers by delivering selections from the associated first product data and the associated second product data. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A method of supporting a plurality of buyer computers used by a corresponding plurality of buyers by a server system, the method comprising:
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communicatively coupling to a first seller'"'"'s computer used by a first seller to support sales of a first plurality of products, each of the first plurality of products having associated first product data stored in a first configuration; and communicatively coupling to a second seller'"'"'s computer used by a second seller to support sales of a second plurality of products, each of the second plurality of products having associated second product data stored in a second configuration; and accessing the associated first product data and the associated second product data; responding to a query received from one of the plurality of buyer computers by delivering selections from the associated first product data and the associated second product data; and managing a single sales transaction for at least one of the first plurality of products and at least one of the second plurality of products, the at least one of the first plurality of products and the at least one of the second plurality of products being represented by at least a portion of the delivered selections. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78)
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