MULTI-SELLER SALES SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE SALES PORTALS AND PROMOTION SYSTEMS
First Claim
1. A sales support portal supporting a plurality of sales portals, the sales support portal comprising:
- a first storage structure that stores a plurality of first content, the plurality of first content representing advertisements that include sales price information relating to a first plurality of sales offerings of at least a first group of the plurality of sales portals;
a second storage structure that stores a plurality of second content, each of the plurality of second content representing a promotion that includes price reduction information relating to a second plurality of sales offerings of at least a second group of the plurality of sales portals;
the first storage structure and the second storage structure both maintains linkages with the plurality of sales portals to support vectoring of buyer computers; and
a buyer web page service that delivers web page data that includes selections from both the plurality of first content and the plurality of second content.
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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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29 Claims
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1. A sales support portal supporting a plurality of sales portals, the sales support portal comprising:
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a first storage structure that stores a plurality of first content, the plurality of first content representing advertisements that include sales price information relating to a first plurality of sales offerings of at least a first group of the plurality of sales portals; a second storage structure that stores a plurality of second content, each of the plurality of second content representing a promotion that includes price reduction information relating to a second plurality of sales offerings of at least a second group of the plurality of sales portals; the first storage structure and the second storage structure both maintains linkages with the plurality of sales portals to support vectoring of buyer computers; and a buyer web page service that delivers web page data that includes selections from both the plurality of first content and the plurality of second content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A promotion portal that supports a plurality of promoter computers of a plurality of promoters, the promotion portal comprising:
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a first service that couples with a first of the plurality of promoter computers to receive first data relating to a plurality of first promotion data, the first data being arranged to support a first format specified by a program interface definition; a second service that receives via a browser interface second data from a second of the plurality of promoter computers, the second data relating to second promotion data; and a third service that couples to deliver selection data for use in a visual presentation on a buyer computer, the selection data corresponding to at least one promotion represented by a portion of the plurality of first promotion data, and both the plurality of first promotion data and the second promotion data including link vector data and price reduction data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer program for instructing a seller'"'"'s computer to perform a method supporting sales promotion via a multi-promoter portal, the method comprising:
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directing the seller'"'"'s computer to couple with the multi-promoter portal to synchronize sales portal data of an independent sales portal with multi-promoter portal data of the multi-promoter portal; directing the seller'"'"'s computer to support first visual presentations of selections of the multi-promoter portal data and the sales portal data; and directing the seller'"'"'s computer to support second visual presentations relating to activity of the multi-promoter portal, and the second visual presentations including indications of assessed fees associated with services rendered by the multi-promoter portal to the independent sales portal. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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