Business-to-business social network
First Claim
1. A method for providing a Business-to-Business (“
- B2B”
) social network, comprising;
creating, by at least one electronic circuit, a business relationship between a first commercial entity and at least one second commercial entity in the B2B social network, where the first and second commercial entities are disparate business entities employing non-compatible electronic inventory management systems;
setting, by said electronic circuit, at least one parameter which indicates that at least one user of said first commercial entity is authorized to view inventory data of said second commercial entity;
receiving, by said electronic circuit, a first request by said user of said first commercial entity to view first inventory data of said first commercial entity and second inventory data of said second commercial entity;
determining, by the electronic circuit, whether said user is authorized to view said second inventory data based on said parameter;
if it is determined that said user is authorized to view said second inventory data, then performing the following operations by said electronic circuit;
querying a first remote inventory management system of said first commercial entity for said first inventory data and a second remote inventory management system of said second commercial entity for said second inventory data, where the first and second remote inventory management systems are not compatible with each other;
receiving said first inventory data and said second inventory data;
generating an aggregate view comprising said first and second inventory data; and
providing content of said aggregate view to a client computing device of said first commercial entity.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for providing a social network. The methods involve: creating a relationship between a first entity and a second entity; setting authorization which indicates that a user of said first entity is authorized to view inventory data of said second entity; receiving a request to view first inventory data of said first entity and second inventory data of said second entity by said user; and determining whether said user is authorized to view said second inventory data. If said user is authorized: querying a first remote inventory management system of said first entity for said first inventory data and a second remote inventory management system of said second entity for said second inventory data; receiving said first and second inventory data; generating an aggregate view comprising said first and second inventory data; and providing content of said aggregate view to a client computing device of said first entity.
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Citations
36 Claims
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1. A method for providing a Business-to-Business (“
- B2B”
) social network, comprising;creating, by at least one electronic circuit, a business relationship between a first commercial entity and at least one second commercial entity in the B2B social network, where the first and second commercial entities are disparate business entities employing non-compatible electronic inventory management systems; setting, by said electronic circuit, at least one parameter which indicates that at least one user of said first commercial entity is authorized to view inventory data of said second commercial entity; receiving, by said electronic circuit, a first request by said user of said first commercial entity to view first inventory data of said first commercial entity and second inventory data of said second commercial entity; determining, by the electronic circuit, whether said user is authorized to view said second inventory data based on said parameter; if it is determined that said user is authorized to view said second inventory data, then performing the following operations by said electronic circuit; querying a first remote inventory management system of said first commercial entity for said first inventory data and a second remote inventory management system of said second commercial entity for said second inventory data, where the first and second remote inventory management systems are not compatible with each other; receiving said first inventory data and said second inventory data; generating an aggregate view comprising said first and second inventory data; and providing content of said aggregate view to a client computing device of said first commercial entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- B2B”
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13. A system, comprising:
at least one electronic circuit configured to; create a business relationship between a first commercial entity and at least one second commercial entity in a social network, where the first and second commercial entities are disparate business entities employing non-compatible electronic inventory management systems; set at least one parameter which indicates that at least one user of said first commercial entity is authorized to view inventory data of said second commercial entity; receive a first request by said user of said first commercial entity to view first inventory data of said first commercial entity and second inventory data of said second commercial entity; determine whether said user is authorized to view said second inventory data based on said parameter; perform the following operations if it is determined that said user is authorized to view said second inventory data; querying a first remote inventory management system of said first commercial entity for said first inventory data and a second remote inventory management system of said second commercial entity for said second inventory data, where the first and second remote inventory management systems are not compatible with each other; receiving said first inventory data and said second inventory data; generating an aggregate view comprising said first and second inventory data; and providing content of said aggregate view to a client computing device of said first commercial entity. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A device comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having stored thereon a computer program for managing a social network, the computer program having a plurality of code sections, the code sections executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform the steps of:
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creating a business relationship between a first commercial entity and at least one second commercial entity in the B2B social network, where the first and second commercial entities are disparate business entities employing non-compatible electronic inventory management systems; setting at least one parameter which indicates that at least one user of said first commercial entity is authorized to view inventory data of said second commercial entity; receiving a first request by said user of said first commercial entity to view first inventory data of said first commercial entity and second inventory data of said second commercial entity; determining whether said user is authorized to view said second inventory data based on said parameter; performing the following operations if it is determined that said user is authorized to view said second inventory data; querying a first remote inventory management system of said first commercial entity for said first inventory data and a second remote inventory management system of said second commercial entity for said second inventory data, where the first and second remote inventory management systems are not compatible with each other; receiving said first inventory data and said second inventory data; generating an aggregate view comprising said first and second inventory data; and providing content of said aggregate view to a client computing device of said first commercial entity. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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