Web based system and method for managing business to business online transactions
OwnerDominic Morea, Julia Campbell +2inventors
InventorsDominic Morea, Julia Campbell, Keshav Talwar, George S. Zirkel
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Abstract
A Business to Business (B2B) online registration method to manage transactions over the Internet is disclosed. The B2B system implements the online registration method utilizing a web-enabled interactive database to automate the processing of online registrations of buyers and sellers, verifying credits of the buyers and sellers, generating online account numbers for transactions processing, finalizing the procedural details to manage the transactions between willing buyers and sellers over the Internet and tracking/reporting status of the transactional details as necessary to effectively manage the business.
Claims105
A method for online registration of buyers and sellers to participate in an e-commerce marketplace, using a web-based system including a server system coupled to a centralized interactive database and at least one client system, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving user information into a centralized database;
- storing the user information in the centralized database to create a user profile and cross-referencing the user profile against a unique identifier for easy retrieval and update;
- approving the users for online transactions;
- and
- retrieving the user profile from the centralized database in response to an inquiry to facilitate electronic payments online for products or services sold as part of online transactions.
The method according to claim 23 further includes the step of displaying an HTML document downloaded by the server system.
An online process for buyers and sellers to participate in an e-commerce marketplace after completing the regisatration, using a web-based system including a server system coupled to a centralized interactive database and at least one client system, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving user information into a centralized database;
- and
- approving the users for online transactions.
A computer to facilitate an online transaction between a buyer and a seller, said computer programmed to:
- receive user information into a centralized database;
- store the user information into various sub-sections of the centralized database to create a user profile and cross-reference the user profile against a unique identifier for easy retrieval and update;
- approve the users for online transactions;
- generate an Internet Commerce Account upon successful completion of credit evaluation of the user;
- and
- provide notification via e-mail to the user.
Apparatus for tracking and managing online transactions between willing buyers and willing sellers, said apparatus comprising:
- a centralized database, a registration processing component, a digital certificate management component, a transaction processing component, and an administration component, said apparatus further comprising:
- means for setting up at least one of a buyer and a seller profile through registration process;
- means for maintaining database by adding, deleting and updating information;
- means for tracking online transactions according to assigned priorities;
- means for generating management reports;
- and
- means for providing flexibility to an administrator to modify user profile information.
A web-based system for managing and tracking online transactions among buyers and a sellers, said system comprising:
- a client system comprising a browser;
- a storage device for storing information;
- and
- a server system configured to be coupled to said client system and said database, said server system further configured to:
- receive user information into a centralized database;
- store the user information into various sub-sections of the centralized database and cross-reference the user information against an unique identifier for easy retrieval and update;
- approve the users for online transactions;
- and
- retrieve the user profile from the centralized database in response to an inquiry to facilitate electronic payments online for products or services sold as part of online transactions.
A database comprising:
- data corresponding to buyers and cross referencing the buyers data against unique identifiers;
- data corresponding to sellers and cross referencing the sellers data against unique identifiers;
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- data corresponding to various registration service providers.
A database according to claim 79 further comprising data corresponding to at least one of Service Bureaus, FD Solutions, OC/PC Data, ACH Money Transfer, Buyer Services Data, and other Services Data.
A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for managing online transactions, comprising:
- a code segment that sets up user profiles of buyers and sellers and issues a user account number through an online registration process;
- a code segment that maintains a database by adding, deleting and updating information;
- a code segment that tracks transaction details according to assigned priorities;
- a code segment that approves online transactions;
- and
- a code segment that generates management reports to inform buyers and sellers.
A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for managing online transactions between buyers and sellers said program comprising:
- a code segment that processes registration;
- a code segment that manages client information;
- a code segment that handles digital certificate management;
- a code segment that processes transactions;
- and
- a code segment that manages administrative functions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.