US 2004/0006519 A1 · System and method for merchandising certified autographs via the internet

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a system and method for merchandising certified autographs via the Internet. The autograph issuing system is mainly comprised of client and server systems (100 and 200). The client system (100) is comprised of a web browser (101) for displaying web pages, client identification information (102) such as a member ID, a password or the like, and Internet connection means. The server system (200) is connected to the client system (100) via the Internet. The server system (200) is comprised of a plurality of web pages (201) including an autograph order form, a server engine (202) for selecting and transmitting appropriate web pages in response to hyper text transfer protocol information, a variety of information input forms (203) transferable when the client identification information (102) is requested by the client system (100), and a plurality of databases (204 to 207) for combining and retrieving various information.

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A, comprising:

1. A system for merchandising certified autographs via the Internet, comprising:
a client system (100) comprised of a web browser (101) for displaying various web pages, client identification information (102) such as a member ID, a password or the like, and Internet connection means;
and
a server system (200) connected to the client system (100) via the Internet, and comprised of a plurality of web pages (201) including an autograph order form, a server engine (202) for selecting and transmitting appropriate web pages in response to hyper text transfer protocol information requested by the client system (100), a variety of information input forms (203) transferable in various formats when the client system (100) is connected to the server system (200) and then the client identification information (102) is requested by the client system (100), and a plurality of databases (204 to 207) for combining and retrieving various information processed by the drive of the server engine 202.

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A method for merchandising certified autographs via the Internet, comprising the steps of:

a) operating a Web browser on a computer terminal by a service user, and accessing a Web server of a service provider by inputting URL information in response to hyper text transfer protocol (HTTP) information requested by the Web browser (S100);
b) transmitting identification information authenticated by a server system to a CGI program (S103);
c) displaying an offer application screen in which a plurality of offers for autographs and their information are summarized on the Web browser of each client system if the service user is authenticated (S105);
d) displaying autographer information selected from the offer application screen displayed on the Web browser of the service user by clicking a mouse (S106);
e) transmitting and displaying a variety of autograph forms to the Web browser of the client system by the server system when the autographer information is confirmed by the client system (S107);
f) generating a flag instruction for representing that the user is capable of ordering a selected autograph in response to client identification information by the server system, when the client system selects a desired autograph form from among the autograph forms, and requesting the client system to input regional delivery information by displaying a delivery information form among a plurality of information input forms (S108);
g) if the regional delivery information inputted in the delivery information form and the client identification information of the client system are transmitted to the server system to attempt to order an offer the autograph, receiving the client identification information again from the client system by the server system, and enabling the service user to confirm offer order details when the service user is finally identified as an offer applicant (S109);
and
h) storing the offer order details displayed on the Web browser in an offer autograph database (S110).

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A method for merchandising certified autographs via the Internet, comprising the steps of:

a) if a client system orders an offer for autographs, generating order information by integrating specific order information associated with the client system, such as an order for autograph offer, the order quantity of autographs, and a recipient by the server system, storing the order information of each client system in an offer applicant database, and allotting offered autographs in response to the offer applicant information (S200);
b) selecting client system information that selects a corresponding autograph as a first order from the offer applicant database when an offer allotting method is decided, and primarily designating the selected client system as a first allottee (S203);
c) displaying a list of first allottees on a Web site through the Web page of the server system, which is transmitted to the client system, and informing the allotting result to a corresponding client system by email (S204);
d) requiring the client system to pay for the offered autograph according to the quantity of autograph (S205);
and
e) confirming payment of the client system through a computer network in the service provider's own database or banking facilities (S206).

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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