IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0409237
(1999-09-30)
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발명자
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- Van Horn, Tom
- Engman, Jon C.
- Halbert, Richard V.
- Gustafsson, Niklas
- Woodford, Dale A.
- Pache, Jerome P.
- Dean, Greg C.
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
123 인용 특허 :
66 |
초록
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A method and system are provided that enable partner sites to join in the sale of products/services via a PowerBuy business method. A seller registers a list of products/services to be displayed on partner sites. Customers/visitors who access partner sites may link to one or more PowerBuys conducted
A method and system are provided that enable partner sites to join in the sale of products/services via a PowerBuy business method. A seller registers a list of products/services to be displayed on partner sites. Customers/visitors who access partner sites may link to one or more PowerBuys conducted on an owner's main site. Accordingly, the method and system enable a super demand aggregation for products/services offered for sale by the PowerBuy business method. The invention provides a partner menu tree that allows partners to pre-select products/categories for display to customers linking to the PowerBuy from their partner site. Sellers may provide particular products, services, categories, and abstract terms to help partners select which products/services to display for customers from among all the PowerBuy products/services. The invention has applicability to sales paradigms other than the PowerBuy business method.
대표청구항
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1. A system for designating among a plurality of group buying offers which offers to display on a website, the system comprising:a product/service characteristics repository configured to store descriptions of product/service offers from a plurality of different and non-affiliated partners, the desc
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A system for designating among a plurality of group buying offers which offers to display on a website, the system comprising:a product/service characteristics repository configured to store descriptions of product/service offers from a plurality of different and non-affiliated partners, the descriptions comprising designations made by a plurality of different and non-affiliated partners of which of the group buying offers to make available to users of a partner's own website; a network buying cooperative website configured to display group buying offers to a user of a partner site who accesses the cooperative site from the partner website, wherein the offers that are displayed to the user depend on the partner website from which the cooperative website is accessed; and a rules engine configured to access the product/service characteristics repository and select, based on the partner site from which a user accesses the cooperative site and any designations made by the partner and stored in the repository, which of a plurality of group buying offers to display to the user. 2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:a display selector configured to select one network buying cooperative product/service to display to a user from among a plurality of group buying offers. 3. The system of claim 1 further comprising:a setup tool configured to allow a partner to remotely access the product/service characteristics repository a set of network buying cooperative products/services for display to users accessing the network buying cooperative's website from a link on the partner's site. 4. The system of claim 1, further comprising:a setup tool configured to allow a partner to remotely access the product/service characteristics repository and add network buying cooperative product/service data to the repository. 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the network buying cooperative's website is a World Wide Web site.6. The system of claim 1, wherein the product/service repository is further configured to organize descriptions of offers provided by a plurality of different and non-affiliated partners in a tree structure.7. The system of claim 1 wherein the descriptions of product/service offers comprises a set of abstract terms from a partner related to product/service offerings and wherein the rules engine locates a set of products/services matching the set of abstract terms and displays at least one product/service from the set of products/services to the user.8. The system of claim 1 wherein the product/service data comprises a display scheme and wherein the rules engine is configured to use the product/service data to determine the at least one network buying cooperative product/service suitable for display to the user.9. The system of claim 8 wherein the display scheme is one of a carousel display, a shuffle display, and a random display.10. A method for designating among a plurality of group buying offers which offers to display on a website, the method comprising:providing a product/service characteristics repository configured to store descriptions of product/service offers from a plurality of different and non-affiliated partners, the descriptions comprising designations from a partner of which of the group buying offers to make available to users of the partner's own website; supplying a link to a network buying cooperative website to the partner based on the designations made by the partner through which a user of the partner website can access the cooperative website; and selecting, based on the partner site from which a user accesses the cooperative site and any designations made by the partner and stored in the repository which of a plurality of group buying offers to display to the user. 11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:displaying one network buying cooperative product/service to the user from among a plurality of group buying offers. 12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:providing a setup tool that allows a partner to remotely access the product/service characteristics repository and select a set of network buying cooperative products/services for display to the user accessing the network buying cooperative's website from the partner's site. 13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:providing a setup tool configured to allow a partner to remotely access the product/service characteristics respository and add network buying cooperative products/services to the repository. 14. The method of claim 10, wherein the network buying cooperative's website is a World Wide Web site.15. The method of claim 10, further comprising organizing the product/service repository in a tree structure configured to receive descriptions provided by different and non-affiliated partners.16. The method of claim 10, the designations from the partner further comprising abstract data used to select at least one group buying offer to display to the user.17. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, further comprising:displaying one network buying cooperative product/service to the user from among a plurality of group buying offers. 18. The method of claim 10 wherein the designations from a partner are in the form of abstract terms.19. The method of claim 10 wherein the product/service characteristics repository is further configured to store display schemes provided by a plurality of different and non-affiliated partners.20. The method of claim 19 wherein the display schemes provided by a plurality of different and non-affiliated partners are a carousel display, a shuffle display, and a random display.21. A system for filtering network buying cooperative products/services for selection and display to customers linked to a network buying cooperative site from a partner site, comprising:a partner identification data receiver that has been configured to receive partner identification data for the partner site; a product-services/category receiver that has been configured to receive product/service identification data and category data for the partner site, wherein the category data pertains to network buying cooperative product/service categories and wherein received product/service identification data and received category data determine a set of network buying cooperative products/services suitable for selection and display to customers linked from the partner site; and a terms receiver that has been configured to receive abstract terms from a partner related to the network buying cooperative products/services from the partner site and use the received abstract terms to select a set of network buying cooperative products/services suitable for selection and display to the customers. 22. The system of claim 21, further comprising:an exclusivity receiver configured to receive instructions from the partner indicating whether the products-services/category receiver should be disabled. 23. The system of claim 21, further comprising:a display receiver that has been configured to receive network buying cooperative product/service display instructions from a partner regarding the selection of network buying cooperative products/services to display to the customers. 24. The system of claim 23 wherein the display receiver has been configured to receive display instructions having a type of carousel display, shuffle display, or random display.25. A system for selecting from a plurality of products/services which products/services to display on a website, the system comprising:a product/service characteristics repository configured to store descriptions of products/services from a plurality of different and non-affiliated partners, the descriptions comprising designations from the partner of which products/services to make available to users of a partner's own website; a product/service display site configured to display products/services to a user of a partner site who accesses the product/service display from the partner website, wherein the offers that are displayed to the user depend on the partner website from which the cooperative website is accessed; and a rules engine configured to access the product/service characteristics repository and select, based on the partner site from which a user accesses the product/service display and any designations made by the partner and stored in the repository, which of a plurality of products/services to display to the user. 26. The system of claim 25, further comprising:a display selector configured to select one product/service to display to a user from among a plurality of products/services. 27. The system of claim 25, further comprising:a setup tool configured to allow a partner to remotely access the product/service characteristics repository and select a set of products/services for display to customers accessing the product/service display site from the partner's site. 28. The system of claim 25, further comprising:a setup tool configured to aid sellers in adding products/services to the product/service characteristics repository. 29. The system of claim 25, further comprising:a group communication medium configured to allow the user to communicate with other users on the partner site. 30. The system of claim 29 wherein the group communication medium is at least one of a message board or a chat facility.31. A method of selecting from a plurality of products/services which products/services to display on a website, the method comprising:providing a product/service characteristics repository configured to store descriptions of products/services from a plurality of different and non-affiliated partners, the descriptions comprising designations from a partner of which products/services offers to make available to users of the partner's own website; supplying a link to a product/service display site to the partner based on the designations made by the partner through which a user of the partner website can access the product/service display site; and selecting, based on the partner site from which a user accesses the cooperative site and any designations made by the partner and stored in the repository which of a plurality of products/services to display to the user. 32. The method of claim 31, further comprising:displaying one product/service to the user from among a plurality of products/services. 33. The method of claim 31, further comprising:providing a setup tool that allows a partner to remotely access the product/service characteristics repository and select a set of products/services for display to users accessing the product/service display site from the partner's site. 34. The method of claim 31, further comprising:providing a setup tool configured to allow a partner to remotely access the product/service characteristics repository and add products/services to the repository. 35. The method of claim 31, wherein the product/service display site is a World Wide Web site.36. A method for displaying products/services to a customer of a plurality of customers linked to a display site from a partner site of a plurality of partner sites, comprising:receiving a link from the customer of the plurality of customers at the partner site of the plurality of partner sites; examining a data repository to determine an exclusive product/services set previously selected for customer viewing at the partner site using partner site exclusivity data provided by the partner; identifying products/services in the exclusive product/services set that are presently offered for sale and satisfying the partner site exclusivity data; and selecting one product/service of the identified product/services for display to the customer. 37. A system for designating among a plurality of group buying offers which offers to display on a website, the system comprising:a product/service characteristics repository configured to store descriptions of product/service offers from a plurality of different and non-affiliated partners, the descriptions comprising designations made by a plurality of different and non-affiliated partners of which of the group buying offers to make available to users of a partner's own website, wherein the plurality of group buying offers includes at least one group buying offer that is exclusively available to users associated with a single specific partner; a network buying cooperative website configured to display group buying offers to a user of a partner site who accesses the cooperative site from the partner website, wherein the offers that are displayed to the user depend on the partner website from which the cooperative website is accessed; and a rules engine configured to access the product/service characteristics repository and select, based on the partner site from which a user accesses the cooperative website and any designations made by the partner and stored in the repository, which of a plurality of group buying offers to display to the user, wherein at least one group buying offer is available for display exclusively to users accessing the cooperative site from the partner's site. 38. A method of designating among a plurality of group buying offers which offers to display on a website, the method comprising:providing a product/service characteristics repository configured to store descriptions of product/service offers from a plurality of different and non-affiliated partners, the descriptions comprising designations from a partner of which of the group buying offers to make available to users of the partner's own website, wherein the plurality of group buying offers includes at least one group buying offer that is exclusively available to users of the partner's own website; supplying a link to a network buying cooperative website to the partner based on the designations made by the partner through which a user of the partner website can access the cooperative website; selecting, based on the partner site from which a user accesses the cooperative site and any designations made by the partner and stored in the repository which of a plurality of group buying offers to display to the user; and displaying the at least one of a plurality of group buying offers designated for display only to users linking to the network buying cooperative's website from the partner site. 39. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing steps of selecting from a plurality of group buying offers which offers to display on a website, the medium comprising:providing a product/service characteristics repository configured to store descriptions of product/service offers from a plurality of different and non-affiliated partners, the description's comprising designations from a partner of which of the group buying offers to make available to users of the partner's own website; supplying a link to a network buying cooperative website to the partner based on the designations made by the partner through which a user of the partner website can access the cooperative website; and selecting, based on the partner site from which a user accesses the cooperative site and any designations made by the partner and stored in the repository which of a plurality of group buying offers to display to the user. 40. A system for adding product/service offers to a network buying cooperative's site configured to select products/services for customers visiting a partner site, comprising:a seller identification data receiver that has been configured to receive seller identification data for the seller of the offered product/services; a sale-product/service receiver that has been configured to receive product/services identification data for the offered product/services; a maximum quantity receiver that has been configured to receive maximum sale quantity data for the offered product/services; an initial price receiver that has been configured to receive an initial price for the offered product/services; and a terms receiver that has been configured to receive abstract terms from the partner related to the offered product/services, wherein the abstract terms are used by the cooperative site to select product/services offers to display to a customer visiting the partner site.
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