US 2003/0144915 A1 · Cooperative e-business complex

Abstract

A cooperative e-business complex. The cooperative e-business complex can include one or more electronically accessible e-business complex management services configured to handle e-business processing in the e-business complex on behalf of electronically associated virtual store operators, vendors, business partners and professional services providers. A virtual management office can be included which is configured to coordinate e-business transactions between the associated virtual store operators, the on-line shoppers, the vendors, the business partners, and the professional services providers in the e-business complex. Finally, one or more e-business complex management services requesters can be configured to remotely invoke selected ones of the electronically accessible e-business complex management services. Each e-business complex management services requester can invoke the electronically accessible e-business complex management services on behalf of one of the associated virtual store operators, vendors, business partners and professional services providers.

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Dependent claims

An e-business complex comprising:

a plurality of electronically accessible e-business complex management services configured to handle e-business processing in the e-business complex on behalf of electronically associated virtual store operators, vendors, business partners and professional services providers;
a virtual management office configured to coordinate e-business transactions between said associated virtual store operators, said on-line shoppers, said vendors, said business partners, and said professional services providers in the e-business complex;
and,
a plurality of e-business complex management services requesters configured to remotely invoke selected ones of said electronically accessible e-business complex management services, each said e-business complex management services requester invoking said selected ones of said electronically accessible e-business complex management services on behalf of one of said associated virtual store operators, vendors, business partners and professional services providers.

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A method of cooperatively processing e-business transactions in an e-business complex comprising the steps of:

registering a plurality of virtual store operators with the e-business complex, each said registration establishing a virtual store in the e-business complex;
providing to individual ones of on-line shoppers in the e-business complex, window displays of products offered for sale by virtual stores in the e-business complex, and accepting shopper orders for said products from said individual on-line shoppers;
notifying selected store operators of said shopper orders, said selected store operators operating virtual stores in the e-business complex which correspond to said products ordered by said on-line shoppers;
notifying selected vendors of said shopper orders, said selected vendors supplying said products offered for sale by said selected store operators;
fulfilling said shopper orders with said products supplied by said selected vendors;
and,
collecting payments for said shopper orders from said on-line shoppers and distributing portions of said payments to each of said vendors and said store operators.

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A machine readable storage having stored thereon a computer program for cooperatively processing e-business transactions in an e-business complex, said computer program comprising a routine set of instructions for causing the machine to perform the steps of:

registering a plurality of virtual store operators with the e-business complex, each said registration establishing a virtual store in the e-business complex;
providing to individual ones of on-line shoppers in the e-business complex, window displays of products offered for sale by virtual stores in the e-business complex, and accepting shopper orders for said products from said individual on-line shoppers;
notifying selected store operators of said shopper orders, said selected store operators operating virtual stores in the e-business complex which correspond to said products ordered by said on-line shoppers;
notifying selected vendors of said shopper orders, said selected vendors supplying said products offered for sale by said selected store operators;
fulfilling said shopper orders with said products supplied by said selected vendors;
and,
collecting payments for said shopper orders from said on-line shoppers and distributing portions of said payments to each of said vendors and said store operators.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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