System and method for generating and displaying messages associated with negotiated orders
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- an electronic commerce computer system comprising a plurality of computing devices, the computer system including;
a first user interface, generated on a first computing device of the computer system, through which buyers place orders over a network with a merchant and view the status of such orders, the first interface including;
a first portion for displaying at least a subset of the negotiated terms between a buyer and the merchant for an accepted order, anda second portion including;
a message field for a buyer to generate and submit to the merchant messages that are linked to particular orders, anda display of at least a subset of a record of at least one message previously exchanged between the buyer and the merchant linked to the accepted order, wherein the at least one message is separate from the negotiated terms between the buyer and the merchant for an accepted order; and
a second user interface, generated on a second computing device of the computer system, through which the merchant views accepted orders, order-specific messages from buyers, and status information of accepted orders, the second interface including a message field for the merchant to generate and submit messages to the buyers that are linked to specific accepted orders.
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Abstract
An electronic commerce system provides various features for assisting customers in locating items and generating orders from a merchant'"'"'s electronic catalog, and for assisting customers and merchants in communicating about such orders. A user-definable categories feature allows customers and/or merchants to define search queries for searching the electronic catalog, and to store these search queries under user-defined category names for subsequent use. An “active quote” feature allows the customer to view and modify quantities of items selected for prospective purchase throughout various catalog browsing or viewing modes. A message audit trail feature allows a customer and a merchant to send messages to one another that are linked to a particular order, and to view an order-specific log of such messages.
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22 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
an electronic commerce computer system comprising a plurality of computing devices, the computer system including; a first user interface, generated on a first computing device of the computer system, through which buyers place orders over a network with a merchant and view the status of such orders, the first interface including; a first portion for displaying at least a subset of the negotiated terms between a buyer and the merchant for an accepted order, and a second portion including; a message field for a buyer to generate and submit to the merchant messages that are linked to particular orders, and a display of at least a subset of a record of at least one message previously exchanged between the buyer and the merchant linked to the accepted order, wherein the at least one message is separate from the negotiated terms between the buyer and the merchant for an accepted order; and a second user interface, generated on a second computing device of the computer system, through which the merchant views accepted orders, order-specific messages from buyers, and status information of accepted orders, the second interface including a message field for the merchant to generate and submit messages to the buyers that are linked to specific accepted orders. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 21, 22)
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12. A system comprising:
an electronic commerce computer system comprising a plurality of computing devices, the computer system including; a first user interface, generated on a first computing device of the computer system, through which buyers place orders, the first user interface including; a first portion for displaying at least a subset of the negotiated terms between a buyer and a merchant for orders agreed upon between the buyer and the merchant; and a second portion including; a message field for the buyer to generate and submit to the merchant messages that are linked to identified orders accepted between the buyer and the merchant, and a display of at least a subset of messages previously exchanged between the buyer and the merchant linked to the identified order accepted between the buyer and the merchant, the at least subset messages separate from the negotiated terms between the buyer and the merchant for an accepted order and the display of messages exchanged being selectable to prevent access to at least one message by the buyer; and a second user interface, generated on a second computing device of the computer system, through which the merchant views the orders, the second user interface including; a first portion for displaying at least a subset of the negotiated terms between the buyer and the merchant for the orders agreed upon by the buyer and the merchant; and a second portion including; a message field for the merchant to generate and submit to the buyer messages that are linked to identified orders accepted between the buyer and the merchant, and a display of at least a subset of messages previously exchanged between the buyer and the merchant linked to the identified order accepted between the buyer and the merchant, the subset messages separate from the negotiated terms between the buyer and the merchant for an accepted order and the display of messages exchanged being selectable to prevent access to at least one message by the merchant. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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causing the generation, via a first computing device, of an electronic commerce computer system, a first user interface through which buyers place orders over the network with a merchant and view the status of such orders, wherein generating a first interface includes; a displayed first portion including at least a subset of the negotiated terms between a buyer and the merchant for an accepted order, and a displayed second portion including; a message field for a buyer to generate and submit to the merchant messages that are linked to particular orders, and a display of at least a subset of a record of at least one message previously exchanged between the buyer and the merchant linked to the accepted order, wherein the at least one message is separate from the negotiated terms between the buyer and the merchant for an accepted order; and causing the generation, via a second computing device, of an electronic commerce computer system, a second user interface through which the merchant views accepted orders, order-specific messages from buyers, and status information of accepted orders, the second interface including a message field for the merchant to generate and submit messages to the buyers that are linked to specific accepted orders. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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