WO2001037538A3 - Automated system and method for selection and procurement of products and services - Google Patents

Automated system and method for selection and procurement of products and services Download PDF

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WO2001037538A3
WO2001037538A3 PCT/US2000/031342 US0031342W WO0137538A3 WO 2001037538 A3 WO2001037538 A3 WO 2001037538A3 US 0031342 W US0031342 W US 0031342W WO 0137538 A3 WO0137538 A3 WO 0137538A3
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Douglas Brian Morris
David Francis Keighley
Dwayne Andre Chandler
Alvin Brett Andrews
Edward Ratkovich
Christopher William Given
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Onlinesuppliers Com Corp
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q30/00—Commerce
    • G06Q30/06—Buying, selling or leasing transactions
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
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An automated system (100) and method for the selection and procurement of products and services by at least one customer (10) from one or more of a plurality of merchants (20) over a general purpose computer network, such as the Internet. The method comprises the steps of: transmitting information about a plurality of products/services offered for sale by each of a plurality of merchants to a database (70); and organizing the transmitted information for each of the plurality of products/services into a hierarchical categorization in the database (70) based upon a predefined set of categories such that all of the transmitted information for each of the plurality of products/services offered for sale by each of the plurality of merchants (20) is organized in the databased (70) in a similar manner. Because of such hierarchical categorization of the database (70), a customer (10) can perform one search for a desired product/service from the tansmitted information for the plurality of merchants (20) and compare the tansmitted information from each of the plurality of merchants (20).
PCT/US2000/031342 1999-11-16 2000-11-16 Automated system and method for selection and procurement of products and services WO2001037538A2 (en)

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AU16110/01A AU1611001A (en) 1999-11-16 2000-11-16 Automated system and method for selection and procurement of products and services

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US7236947B2 (en) * 2002-01-25 2007-06-26 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Providing highly automated procurement services

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US6009413A (en) * 1994-11-10 1999-12-28 America Online, Inc. System for real time shopping
US6035283A (en) * 1997-10-10 2000-03-07 International Business Machines Corporation Virtual sales person for electronic catalog

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US6009413A (en) * 1994-11-10 1999-12-28 America Online, Inc. System for real time shopping
US6035283A (en) * 1997-10-10 2000-03-07 International Business Machines Corporation Virtual sales person for electronic catalog

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