Dynamic linking of supplier web sites to reseller web sites

Details Dynamic linking of supplier web sites to reseller web sites Dynamic linking of supplier web sites to reseller web sites

1998-12-29

2001-08-07

Millin, Vincent (Department: 2164)

Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co

Automated electrical financial or business practice or...

Electronic shopping

C705S026640, C705S014270

Reexamination Certificate

active

06272472

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to electronic commerce over the Internet, and more particularly to the inter-relationship of supplier web sites to web sites of their resellers.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Electronic commerce over the Internet has become increasingly popular. In one type of electronic commerce, a purchaser accesses a web site of a supplier, from which the purchaser cannot directly purchase items for sale, but can browse items that can be purchased by the supplier's resellers. Frequently, the supplier's web site has links to web sites of the resellers, so that once the purchaser has obtained information about the items he or she wishes to purchase, the purchaser can link to a reseller's web site to purchase the items.
However, as provided by the prior art, this process can be cumbersome for the purchaser, as well as the supplier. Usually, there is no information exchange between the supplier's web site and the resellers' web sites. This means that the purchaser, after browsing the supplier's web site to determine which items to purchase, must manually reselect the items to purchase when he or she links to a desired reseller's web site. For example, even if the supplier's web site provides a shopping cart feature that allows the purchaser to collect a list of items that are desired to be purchased, the purchaser usually has to recollect the list of items to be purchased when he or she links to the desired reseller's web site. In addition, not all resellers may carry all of the supplier's products. This provides for a less than convenient electronic commerce experience for the purchaser. In addition, for the supplier, the supplier must maintain several different systems for different resellers.
For these and other reasons, there is a need for the present invention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method first includes selecting a plurality of items on a supplier's web site to be purchase. A list of reseller's web sites is then generated dynamically from a database and displayed. Finally, one of the reseller's web sites is linked to, such that information is transmitted to the one of the reseller's web sites regarding the plurality of items to be purchased.


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