ADVERTISING SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTI-ADVERTISER SYSTEM INTERFACE STRUCTURES
First Claim
1. A method of supporting a buyer'"'"'s computer, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a multi-seller system, first sales data from a first seller'"'"'s computer to support sales of a first product on a first sales portal of the first seller;
receiving, by the multi-seller system, second sales data from a second seller'"'"'s computer to support sales of a second product on a second sales portal of the second seller;
assisting, by the multi-seller system, in storing the first sales data and the second sales data in a database, the database storing a plurality of other sales data that supports sales of a corresponding plurality of other products;
responding, by the multi-seller system, to the buyer'"'"'s computer by accessing the database to retrieve and deliver at least portions of the first sales data and the second sales data to the buyer'"'"'s computer; and
responding, by the multi-seller system, to buyer selection data received from the buyer'"'"'s computer by associating the first sales data and the second sales data with a single virtual shopping cart.
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Abstract
A system for online sales with automatic rebate and coupon redemption provides customers making online purchases to automatically retrieve and redeem all applicable rebates and coupons during an online purchase. Purchase orders from customers are selectively fulfilled and products are shipped to the customers either by the system for online sales with automatic rebate and coupon redemption or by other merchant or manufacturer environments. The system makes purchases from merchants or manufacturers using all applicable coupons and rebates and then sells the products to the customers, passing the savings to them. The system automatically retrieves coupons and rebates for items in a shopping cart during the activity of an online purchase at an electronic mall or an online merchant site and to retrieve manufacturer'"'"'s and merchant'"'"'s coupons prior to an online purchasing activity for subsequent submission to an online merchant during a subsequent purchasing activity.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of supporting a buyer'"'"'s computer, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a multi-seller system, first sales data from a first seller'"'"'s computer to support sales of a first product on a first sales portal of the first seller; receiving, by the multi-seller system, second sales data from a second seller'"'"'s computer to support sales of a second product on a second sales portal of the second seller; assisting, by the multi-seller system, in storing the first sales data and the second sales data in a database, the database storing a plurality of other sales data that supports sales of a corresponding plurality of other products; responding, by the multi-seller system, to the buyer'"'"'s computer by accessing the database to retrieve and deliver at least portions of the first sales data and the second sales data to the buyer'"'"'s computer; and responding, by the multi-seller system, to buyer selection data received from the buyer'"'"'s computer by associating the first sales data and the second sales data with a single virtual shopping cart. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of supporting a plurality of buyer computers used by a corresponding plurality of buyers, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a competitive selling system, first sales posting data from a first seller'"'"'s computer used by a first seller to support sales of a first product; receiving, by the competitive selling system, second sales posting data from a second seller'"'"'s computer used by a second seller to support sales of a second product, the second product being competitively related to the first product, the first seller being a competitor of the second seller; assisting, by the competitive selling system, in storing the first sales posting data and the second sales posting data in a database, the database storing a plurality of other posting data; responding, by the competitive selling system, to a query received from one of the plurality of buyer computers by identifying and delivering a first seller rating, a second seller rating, and at least portions of the first sales posting data and the second sales posting data; and supporting, by the competitive selling system, a vectoring of the one of the plurality of buyer computers to a first sales portal of the first seller. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An online sales portal system supporting a plurality of buyers, the online sales portal system comprising:
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a multi-seller portal service that couples with a plurality of competitive sellers to gather a plurality of competing advertisement posts; the multi-seller portal service couples with a first computer of a first of the plurality of buyers to deliver competitive page data based on the plurality of competing advertisement posts, the competitive page data including link vector data associated with a first sales portal of a first seller of the plurality of competitive sellers; and the multi-seller portal service responds to pending sales data received from the first sales portal by participating in a sales transaction, the pending sales data being established at least in part through interactions between the first of the plurality of buyers via the first computer and a virtual shopping cart on the first sales portal. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method performed by a competitive offerings portal that supports a plurality of independent sales portals of a corresponding plurality of independent seller, the plurality of independent sales portals each offering an at least similar sales item, the method comprising:
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offering pre-established visual advertisement elements to support construction of first advertisement data associated with the at least similar sales item; storing a plurality of competing advertisement post data, at least a first of the plurality of competing advertisement post data corresponding to one of the pre-established visual advertisement elements; and delivering competitive offering web page data to a plurality of buyer computers to support a competitive selection of a visual construct that was built using the one of the pre-established visual advertisement elements. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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