Online Produce Brokerage
First Claim
1. A computer system comprising:
- a first front end device featuring computer hardware and computer readable memory with a first application software;
a second front end device featuring computer hardware and computer readable memory with a second application software;
at least one server featuring computer hardware and computer readable memory with middleware and configured for communication with said front and device(s) and at least one database server featuring computer readable memory; and
,wherein said first application software and said middleware are configured to populate the database with commodity listings which are input into the front end device via a first user;
wherein said second application software and said middleware are configured to provide a search engine for said commodity listings whereby a second user may select a commodity listing based on a search query provided to the second front end device; and
,wherein said first application software, said second application software, and said middleware are configured to arrange a purchase order of the commodity listing by the second user.
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Abstract
Disclosed are computer systems for facilitating market transactions between sellers, buyers, and carriers of perishable commodities. One system includes computer hardware that: features computer readable memory containing program code; and is organized according to client-server architecture. In the same embodiment, the hardware plus associated program code and architecture are configured for: sellers to list the prices and quantities of perishable commodities; buyers to search or bid for listed commodities by price; buyers to order listed commodities for delivery; a seller'"'"'s approval of orders; buyers or sellers to list haul orders based on approved orders, wherein the haul orders identify a pickup and delivery location plus the ordered quantities of commodities; carriers to search for and provide a price quote for serviceable haul orders; buyers or sellers to approve quoted prices for a haul orders; and, buyers, sellers, or carriers to negotiate payments for approved commodities or haul orders.
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24 Claims
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1. A computer system comprising:
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a first front end device featuring computer hardware and computer readable memory with a first application software; a second front end device featuring computer hardware and computer readable memory with a second application software; at least one server featuring computer hardware and computer readable memory with middleware and configured for communication with said front and device(s) and at least one database server featuring computer readable memory; and
,wherein said first application software and said middleware are configured to populate the database with commodity listings which are input into the front end device via a first user; wherein said second application software and said middleware are configured to provide a search engine for said commodity listings whereby a second user may select a commodity listing based on a search query provided to the second front end device; and
,wherein said first application software, said second application software, and said middleware are configured to arrange a purchase order of the commodity listing by the second user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 23, 24)
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8. A computer system comprising:
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at least one server featuring computer hardware and computer readable memory with middleware and configured for communication with a plurality of front end devices and at least one database server featuring computer readable memory; and
,wherein said database server is populated with a plurality of commodity listings; a first front end device featuring computer hardware and computer readable memory with a first application software; a second front end device featuring computer hardware and computer readable memory with a second application software; wherein said first application software and said middleware are configured to populate the database with at least one commodity listing which are input into the front end device via a first user; wherein said second application software and said middleware are configured to provide a search engine for said commodity listings whereby a second user may select a commodity listing based on a search query provided to the second front end device; and
,wherein said first application software, said second application software, and said middleware are configured to arrange a purchase order of the commodity listing by the second user. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 16, 19, 21)
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22. A method of ordering a commodity comprising the steps of:
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using a front end device, wherein said front end device features computer hardware coupled to computer readable memory containing application software configured for communication with a middleware on a computer readable memory of a server that is coupled to a database of commodity listings respectively associated with commodities and delivery locations, to identify commodity listings which are associated with a delivery location that are proximate to a location selected by the buyer; and
,using the front end device, wherein said application software and middleware are configured to arrange purchase orders of said commodities, and to arrange a purchase order of a commodity associated with one of said commodity listings which are associated with a delivery location that are proximate to a location selected by the buyer.
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