Electronic commerce system

US8554591B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Soverain Software LLC · US

Inventors

• Brian Reistad · Redmond, US
• Eswar Priyadarshan · Worcester, US
• Michael P. Mitchell · Louisville, US
• Jim W. O'Toole · Somerville, US
• Andrew C. Payne · Lincoln, US
• Durval M. Vieira · Peabody, US
• Larry C. Stewart · Burlington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 6, 2009
• Grant date: Oct 8, 2013
• Expiry date: Oct 25, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/188
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic commerce system includes a client computer and a server computer interconnected by a public packet switched communications network. The client computer is programmed to transmit to the server computer an order acceptance request that includes a plurality of terms or conditions of a proposed offer for a purchase, including multiple options of at least one of the terms or conditions of the offer. The server computer is programmed to process the order acceptance request based on pre-programmed criteria and, based on the processing of the order acceptance request, to transmit to the client computer an order acceptance response that includes a plurality of amendments to the proposed offer for the purchase, including selection of an option of the at least one of the terms or conditions. The processing of the order acceptance request is performed by a controller module that handles processing of the order acceptance request that is primarily not specific to a particular application of the electronic commerce system to which the order acceptance request pertains, and that initiates a plurality of calls to a plurality of plug-in modules. The server can handle fraud-avoidance p…