Network request-response virtual-direct interaction to facilitate direct real-time transaction communications

Abstract

The present invention discloses an Internet system. The Internet system includes an electronic-commerce (e-commerce) engine that has a master server networked (connected through Internet) to a store manager personal computer (PC) and an e-commerce customer. The master server further has a redirection means for redirecting a data received from the e-commerce customer to the store manager PC, or redirecting a feedback data received from store manager PC to the e-commerce customer, to enable a real-time on-line communication between the e-commerce customer and the store manager PC. The master server further has a multiple redirection means for redirecting the data received to different store manage PCs according to the request made by client customers. In a preferred embodiment, the e-commerce engine further has a Web page processor for providing Web pages to the e-commerce customer and store manager PC. In another preferred embodiment, the e-commerce engine further has a database for storing good-or-service catalog of the store manager PC for allowing the e-commerce customer to order the good-or-service from the store manager PC. In another preferred embodiment, the e-commerce engine further has a shopping cart which can temporally store the items or item ids selected by customers. In another preferred embodiment, the e-commerce engine further has a store manager PC registration-and log-in/log-out processor for registering and logging in and out the store manager PC.

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