System and Method for Networking Independent Sellers of Items
OwnerZaheer Pirbhaiinventor
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Abstract
A system and method for networking independent sellers of items is described herein. Specifically, a system that networks independent sellers of items can comprise a merchant-linking server memory that stores a plurality of affiliated partner profiles each associated with an affiliated partner, said affiliated partner profiles comprising a merchant address and an inventory catalog comprising a plurality of item listings, each identifiable by an item identifier, and a member profile associated with a member, said member profile comprising an item list, said item list comprising one or more of said item identifiers.
Claims20
A method for networking independent sellers of items comprising the steps
- storing in a memory a plurality of affiliated partner profiles each associated with an affiliated partner, said affiliated partner profiles comprising a merchant address and an inventory catalog comprising a plurality of item listings, each identifiable by an item identifier;
- and
- storing in said memory a member profile associated with a member, said member profile comprising an item list, said item list comprising one or more of said item identifiers.
A system that networks independent sellers of items, comprising
- a merchant-linking server memory that stores
- a plurality of affiliated partner profiles each associated with an affiliated partner, said affiliated partner profiles comprising a merchant address and an inventory catalog comprising a plurality of item listings, each identifiable by an item identifier;
- and
- a member profile associated with a member, said member profile comprising an item list, said item list comprising one or more of said item identifiers;
- and
- a server application
- a merchant-linking server processor that, according to instructions from said server application,
- receives a requested item identifier and a customer address from one of said members, wherein said requested item identifier matches one of said item identifiers wherein said requested item identifier identifies a requested item said customer offers to purchase from said merchant;
- identifies each of said affiliated partner profiles that comprises said requested item identifier;
- determines distances between said customer address and said merchant address inside each of said affiliated partner profiles comprising said requested identifiers;
- and
- chooses one or more of said item listings based on said distances.
The system of claim 19 wherein said processor further transmits to said affiliated partner a delivery order, wherein said delivery order comprising said customer address and said requested item identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.