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Advertising infrastructure supporting cross selling opportunity management

US8403217B2 · kind B2 · utility

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23Claims
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Filing dateApr 20, 2012
Grant dateMar 26, 2013
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Expiry dateApr 20, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q40/08
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A sales system supports sales between a plurality of buyers and a plurality of sellers in a communication network. A sales server has a seller interface used by both a first seller and a second seller respectively via a first seller's computer and a second seller's computer to register availability for sale of a first product and a second product. The sales server, based upon received buyer input from an identified buyer via a buyer computer that includes buyer orders for the first product and the second product dispenses a first sales order to the first seller's computer for the first product and a second sales order to the second seller's computer for the second product. The sales server provides instructions to the first seller's computer for fulfillment of the first sales order and to the second sales computer for the fulfillment of the second sales order.

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