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US 2013/0159145 A1Published application
System and Method for Processing Product Orders
AssigneeShopatron, Inc.
InventorEdward Allen Stevens
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Abstract
A method of processing a product order is disclosed. The method includes receiving a product order from a consumer and selecting a fulfiller to fulfill the product order. A system for processing a product order is also disclosed.
Claims20
1-20. (canceled)
A method performed by a computer system, the method comprising:
- presenting to a customer an offer for the customer to purchase one or more products;
- receiving a product order from the customer for the one or more products;
- receiving from one or more fulfillers one or more offers to fulfill the received product order, wherein the received one or more offers to fulfill indicate an agreement by the one or more fulfillers to fulfill the received product order;
- and
- selecting one of the fulfillers to fulfill the product order based at least in part on the received offers to fulfill.
2 more elements
A method performed by a computer system, the method comprising:
- presenting to a customer an offer for the customer to purchase one or more products of a manufacturer;
- receiving a product order from the customer for the one or more products of the manufacturer;
- based on one or more criteria specified by the manufacturer, determining whether to (i) select the manufacturer to fulfill the received product order, or (ii) select one or more fulfillers, other than the manufacturer, to fulfill the received product order;
- if the one or more fulfillers are determined to be selected, then:
- receiving from the one or more fulfillers one or more offers to fulfill the received product order, wherein the received one or more offers to fulfill indicate an agreement by the one or more fulfillers to fulfill the received product order;
- and
- selecting one of the fulfillers to fulfill the product order based at least in part on the received offers to fulfill.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.