Distributed commerce system
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1. A networked computer system for managing commercial interactions, comprising:
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a bundle-passing interface implemented by the computer system transmitting data bundles from different ones of a first plurality of different networked users to different ones of a second plurality of different networked users, wherein the bundles comprise meta data including a plurality of business language definitions, wherein the business language definitions comprise at least one keyword having at least one value, and wherein the interface comprises distribution logic to electronically transmit the bundles responsive to the meta data in the bundles; and
a statistics collection engine implemented by the computer system, monitoring the transmission from the first plurality of different networked users to the second plurality of different networked users, monitoring at least one response from the second plurality of different networked users, and collecting usage statistics whenever the bundles are created, modified, or downloaded, based on the at least one keyword and the at least one value of the business language definition descriptors.
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Abstract
A networked system for managing commercial interactions is providing. In some embodiments, the system includes: a bundle-passing interface between a plurality of networked users including distribution logic including a distribution control input responsive to machine-readable information in the bundles; and a statistics collection engine including a control input responsive to machine-readable information in the bundles.
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31 Claims
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1. A networked computer system for managing commercial interactions, comprising:
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a computer system having; a bundle-passing interface implemented by the computer system transmitting data bundles from different ones of a first plurality of different networked users to different ones of a second plurality of different networked users, wherein the bundles comprise meta data including a plurality of business language definitions, wherein the business language definitions comprise at least one keyword having at least one value, and wherein the interface comprises distribution logic to electronically transmit the bundles responsive to the meta data in the bundles; and a statistics collection engine implemented by the computer system, monitoring the transmission from the first plurality of different networked users to the second plurality of different networked users, monitoring at least one response from the second plurality of different networked users, and collecting usage statistics whenever the bundles are created, modified, or downloaded, based on the at least one keyword and the at least one value of the business language definition descriptors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A networked computer system for managing commercial interactions, comprising:
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means for distributing information bundles from different ones of a first plurality of different networked users to different ones of a second plurality of different networked users according to meta data in the bundles that includes a plurality of business language definitions, wherein the business language definitions comprise at least one keyword having at least one value; and means for monitoring the distribution from the first plurality of different networked users to the second plurality of different networked users, monitoring at least one response from the second plurality of different networked users, and deriving usage statistics whenever the bundles are created, modified, or downloaded, based on at least one of use of the at least one keyword of the business language definitions, use of the at least one values for the business language definitions, and behavior of users in response to the bundles containing the at least one keyword and the at least one value of the business language definitions. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A networked computer system for managing commercial interactions, comprising:
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a computer system having; a bundle-passing interface implemented by the computer system transmitting data bundles between a plurality of networked users, wherein the bundles comprise meta data including a plurality of business language definitions comprising keywords and values, and wherein the interface comprises distribution logic to electronically transmit the bundles responsive to the meta data in the bundles; a statistics collection engine implemented by the computer system, tracking bundle activity via the passing of the meta data through inbound and outbound bundle services detecting when the users publish bundles and when the users request bundles and collecting usage statistics whenever the bundles are created, modified, or downloaded, based the keywords and the values of the business language definitions; and a statistics database aggregating the statistics and electronically transmitting the statistics to billing systems for billing. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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