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System and method for distributed content electronic commerce

  • US 6,490,567 B1
  • Filed: 01/15/1997
  • Issued: 12/03/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/15/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for performing an electronic commerce transaction over a network to which a purchaser is coupled, comprising:

  • at least one merchant content server that is coupled to the network and that stores content information about products for sale by one or more merchants; and

    a common electronic commerce server that is coupled to the network and that provides commerce server data for the products to the purchaser, receives a request from the purchaser for information about a desired product, determines the location of the merchant content server that stores information about the desired product, refers the purchaser to the merchant content server at the determined location, receives order information from the merchant content server for products selected by the purchaser and processes the order information to complete the electronic commerce transaction for products offered for sale by the one or more merchants.

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