Provision of electronic commerce services
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1. A method for providing electronic commerce electronic data interchange (EDI) products and services for EDI between a user and one or more trading partners, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a host server for access by said user;
obtaining first information from said user to identify a plurality of selected trading partners for exchanging EDI information related to trading with the selected trading partners;
retrieving requirements information relating to predetermined electronic commerce EDI requirements of said selected trading partners;
automatically determining, by the host server, suitable electronic commerce EDI products or services for said user based at least in part on said requirements information from said selected trading partners; and
obtaining registration information from said user to register said user for one or more of said suitable EDI products or services.
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Abstract
Users access a host server which, in a structured manner, generates questions regarding electronic commerce requirements. The responses are used to automatically determine suitable electronic commerce products and services and to allow user registration for selected products and services.
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1. A method for providing electronic commerce electronic data interchange (EDI) products and services for EDI between a user and one or more trading partners, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a host server for access by said user; obtaining first information from said user to identify a plurality of selected trading partners for exchanging EDI information related to trading with the selected trading partners; retrieving requirements information relating to predetermined electronic commerce EDI requirements of said selected trading partners; automatically determining, by the host server, suitable electronic commerce EDI products or services for said user based at least in part on said requirements information from said selected trading partners; and obtaining registration information from said user to register said user for one or more of said suitable EDI products or services. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for providing electronic commerce electronic data interchange (EDI) products and services for EDI between a user and one or more trading partners, the system comprising:
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a database for storing requirements information relating to predetermined electronic commerce EDI requirements of a plurality of trading partners; an application for obtaining first information from said user to identify a plurality of selected trading partners for exchanging EDI information related to trading with the selected trading partners, retrieving requirements information from said database based at least in part on said first information, and automatically displaying suitable electronic commerce EDI products or services to said user based at least in part on said requirements information; and a registration module for obtaining registration information from said user to register said user for one or more of said suitable EDI products or services. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for providing electronic commerce electronic data interchange (EDI) products and services for EDI between a user and one or more trading partners, the system comprising:
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means for obtaining first information from said user to identify a plurality of selected trading partners for exchanging EDI information related to trading with the selected trading partners; means for retrieving requirements information relating to predetermined electronic commerce EDI requirements of said selected trading partners; means for automatically determining suitable electronic commerce EDI products or services for said user based at least in part on said requirements information; and means for obtaining registration information from said user to register said user for one or more of said suitable EDI products or services.
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28. A computer program product stored on a computer readable medium having program code, that causes, when executed, a computing system to provide electronic data interchange (EDI) products and services for EDI between a user and one or more trading partners, the program code comprising:
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code for obtaining first information from a said user to identify a plurality of selected trading partners for exchanging EDI information related to trading with the selected trading partners; code for retrieving requirements information relating to predetermined electronic commerce EDI requirements of said selected trading partners; code for automatically determining suitable electronic commerce EDI products or services for said user based at least in part on said requirements information; and code for obtaining registration information from said user to register said user for one or more of said suitable EDI products or services.
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