System and Method for Networking Independent Sellers of Items
First Claim
1. A method for networking independent sellers of items comprising the stepsstoring in a memory a plurality of affiliated partner profiles each associated with an affiliated partner, said affiliated partner profiles comprising a merchant address and an inventory catalog comprising a plurality of item listings, each identifiable by an item identifier;
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Abstract
A system and method for networking independent sellers of items is described herein. Specifically, a system that networks independent sellers of items can comprise a merchant-linking server memory that stores a plurality of affiliated partner profiles each associated with an affiliated partner, said affiliated partner profiles comprising a merchant address and an inventory catalog comprising a plurality of item listings, each identifiable by an item identifier, and a member profile associated with a member, said member profile comprising an item list, said item list comprising one or more of said item identifiers.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for networking independent sellers of items comprising the steps
storing in a memory a plurality of affiliated partner profiles each associated with an affiliated partner, said affiliated partner profiles comprising a merchant address and an inventory catalog comprising a plurality of item listings, each identifiable by an item identifier; - and
storing in said memory a member profile associated with a member, said member profile comprising an item list, said item list comprising one or more of said item identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20)
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11. A system that networks independent sellers of items, comprising
a merchant-linking server memory that stores a plurality of affiliated partner profiles each associated with an affiliated partner, said affiliated partner profiles comprising a merchant address and an inventory catalog comprising a plurality of item listings, each identifiable by an item identifier; - and
a member profile associated with a member, said member profile comprising an item list, said item list comprising one or more of said item identifiers; and a server application a merchant-linking server processor that, according to instructions from said server application, receives a requested item identifier and a customer address from one of said members, wherein said requested item identifier matches one of said item identifiers wherein said requested item identifier identifies a requested item said customer offers to purchase from said merchant; identifies each of said affiliated partner profiles that comprises said requested item identifier; determines distances between said customer address and said merchant address inside each of said affiliated partner profiles comprising said requested identifiers; and chooses one or more of said item listings based on said distances. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. The system of claim 19 wherein said processor further transmits to said affiliated partner a delivery order, wherein said delivery order comprising said customer address and said requested item identifier.
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