System, and associated method, for configuring a buying club and a coop order
US7937294B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 30, 2006 |
| Grant date | May 3, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 1, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0605
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A catalog of products is received electronically from each of a plurality of suppliers of products. Each catalog is then compiled into a master supplier catalog that is made accessible to one or more buying entities through an on-line web server, through which server the buying entities may then select and order products shown in the master supplier catalog.
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