Apparatus and method for facilitating the selection of products by buyers and the purchase of the selected products from a supplier
AssigneeOmnicom Holdings Inc.
InventorsLeonard Haynes, Kevin Lippincott, William Dunlap
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for managing the sale of a plurality of items from a plurality of corresponding suppliers to at least one buyer, wherein the one buyer determines a description of the item to be purchased. The method enables each of the plurality of suppliers to store at least one catalogue of its items in a database and responding to a search request of the one buyer to identify any item in the catalogues stored in the database with a description that matches the item description of the buyer.
Claims1
A method of managing the sale of a plurality of items from a plurality of corresponding suppliers to at least one buyer, the one buyer determines a description of the item to be purchased, said method of managing comprising the steps of:
- a) enabling each of the plurality of suppliers to store at least one catalogue of its items in a database;
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- b) responding to a search request of the one buyer to identify any item in the catalogues stored in the database with a description that matches the item description of the buyer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.