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A method for processing multiple store-level electronic shopping carts in an E-commerce mall extends the electronic shopping cart concept and increases processing flexibility for mall participants by the creation of an electronic shopping basket for an E-commerce mall that contains within it the vir

A method for processing multiple store-level electronic shopping carts in an E-commerce mall extends the electronic shopping cart concept and increases processing flexibility for mall participants by the creation of an electronic shopping basket for an E-commerce mall that contains within it the virtual ledgers of the E-commerce stores which, in the aggregate, embody the E-commerce mall. A method for processing virtual ledgers in a virtual mall enables implementors to process all virtual ledgers at the mall-level without sacrificing the collection of purchase data for each store-level transaction, typically associated with the processing of the virtual ledger at the store-level. This scheme results from modern business processes, such as monetary transactions and inventory tracking, which are dependent upon the electronic shopping cart paradigm and are triggered upon a store-level checkout. Thus, a particular advantage of the present invention is that electronic commerce shoppers are provided with the convenience of the single payment transaction for all shopping in the virtual mall and the virtual stores can receive data to update respective point of sale systems.

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1. A method for managing electronic commerce in a virtual mall having a plurality of virtual stores which can be accessed by electronic commerce shoppers, comprising the steps of:assigning to each said electronic commerce shopper an electronic shopping basket for use while shopping selected virtual

1. A method for managing electronic commerce in a virtual mall having a plurality of virtual stores which can be accessed by electronic commerce shoppers, comprising the steps of:assigning to each said electronic commerce shopper an electronic shopping basket for use while shopping selected virtual stores in said virtual mall; placing each said electronic commerce shopper into at least one of said virtual stores within said virtual mall; collecting purchase data for each store item selected for purchase by each said electronic commerce shopper while each said electronic commerce shopper shops in individual virtual stores in said virtual mall, said collected purchase data including information associating each said virtual store item with said individual virtual store in said virtual mall from which said item was selected for purchase; processing payment in said virtual mall for all said store items selected for purchase in said individual virtual stores by each said electronic commerce shopper in a single transaction; and, supplying said purchase data collected for each said store item selected for purchase by each said electronic commerce shopper to said respective individual virtual stores in said virtual mall from which said associated store items were selected for purchase, whereby said electronic commerce shoppers are provided with the convenience of said single payment transaction for all shopping in said virtual mall and said virtual stores can receive purchase data to update respective point of sale systems.