Process for customizing sweetener products and for ordering customized sweetener products through a communications network
OwnerCindy A. Burklow, Chifu Huanginventors
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Abstract
A process for making customized sweetener products available by a product supplier for online customizing sweetener products, online ordering the customized sweetener products, and online purchasing the customized sweetener products through a communications network made accessible to a customer.
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A process for making available customized sweetener products by a product supplier thereof for online customizing sweetener products, online ordering the customized sweetener products, and online purchasing the customized sweetener products through a communications network made accessible to a customer therefor, the customized sweetener products being made available based upon a selection by the product supplier of such customized sweetener products of a plurality of key parameters for customizing the sweetener products therewith the customer selects parameters from such plurality of key parameters to customize the sweetener products provided by the product supplier whereby the customer customizes the sweetener products according to the customer's preferences thereby the product supplier produces the customized sweetener products according to the parameters selected by the customer from the plurality of the key parameters provided by the product supplier and for querying the customer as to the customer's desire to customize, to order, and to purchase for at least one of the selected customized sweetener products comprising:
- a. identifying by the product supplier the key parameters offered to the customer by the product supplier therewith the customer can choose from the plurality of key parameters to customize the sweetener products to meet the customer's desire;
- b. placing the plurality of key parameters for customizing the sweetener products in a database and an electronic form of the sweetener products supplied by the product supplier that are available for customizing by the customer, ordering by the customer, and purchasing by the customer;
- c. making the database and the electronic form of the plurality of key parameters for customizing sweetener products supplied by the product supplier that are available for customizing by the customer, ordering by the customer, and purchasing by the customer accessible through the communications network to any customer for such sweetener products having access to the communications network;
- d. connecting by the customer for such sweetener products through the communications network to the database and the electronic form containing the key parameters for customizing sweetener products supplied by the product supplier;
- e. querying by the product supplier through the communications network as to whether the customer for the sweetener products desired to customize with the product supplier for at least one sweetener product;
- f. communicating by the customer through the communications network to the product supplier for the sweetener products the customer's desire to customize with the product supplier for at least one sweetener product;
- g. requesting by the product supplier through the communications network to the customer for the customer's choice of parameters from the plurality of key parameters for customizing the sweetener products supplied by the product supplier;
- h. communicating by the customer through the communications network to the product supplier the customer's choice of parameters from the plurality of key parameters for customizing of the sweetener products supplied by the product supplier;
- i. requesting by the product supplier through the communications network to the customer for additional specific information not listed in the plurality of key parameters for customizing the sweetener products supplied by the product supplier for subsequent assessment by the product supplier of such specific information;
- j. communicating by the customer through the communications network to the product supplier the customer's specific information that was requested by the product supplier;
- k. communicating by the product supplier through the communications network to the customer the product supplier's response about the assessment on the specific information from the customer that was requested by the product supplier;
- l. identifying by the product supplier of the customer's choice of parameters from the plurality of key parameters for customizing the sweetener products supplied by the product supplier;
- m. communicating by the product supplier through the communications network to the customer the identification of the customer's choice of parameters for customizing the sweetener products and any specific information provided by the customer to customize the sweetener products;
- n. querying by the product supplier through the communications network as to whether the customer for the customized sweetener products desired to order from the product supplier for at least one of the customized sweetener products identified by the product supplier;
- o. communicating by the customer for the customized sweetener products through the communications network the customer's desire to order from the product supplier for at least one of the customized sweetener products identified by the product supplier;
- p. querying by the product supplier through the communications network as to whether the customer for the customized sweetener products desired to purchase from the product supplier for at least one of the customized sweetener products identified by the product supplier;
- q. communicating by the customer for the customized sweetener products through the communications network the customer's desire to purchase from the product supplier for at least one of the customized sweetener products identified by the product supplier;
- r. acknowledging by the product supplier through the communications network the customer's desire to order and to purchase from the product supplier for at least one of the customized sweetener products identified by the product supplier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.