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Method and apparatus for permitting stage-door access to on-line vendor information

  • US 8,255,279 B2
  • Filed: 05/16/2011
  • Issued: 08/28/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/09/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An on-line vendor system, comprising:

  • an on-line vendor system that may be selectively accessed by an on-line vendor user and comprising at least data relating to a selection of available products for sale by the on-line vendor and at least one database containing on-line vendor user information related to at least one of user preferences of on-line vendor users, product purchase trends of on-line vendor users and internal hits of on-line vendor users;

    a product supplier system maintained by a product supplier;

    a management system dynamically connecting the on-line vendor system and the product supplier system for selectively controlling access by the product supplier to the at least one database containing on-line vendor user information of the on-line vendor system.

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