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AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsArnold Blinn, Michael Ari Cohen, Michael Lorton, Gregory J. Stein
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The present invention provides a method and system for processing electronic sales transactions. In a preferred embodiment, an electronic merchandising system allows merchants to create electronic orders which are easily adaptable for different sales situations. The preferred electronic order comprises flexible blackboards which allow merchants to add sales information with what are called key-value pairs. In the preferred embodiment, the order is an object which contains at least one order blackboard and one or more item blackboards. In addition, the preferred embodiment contains an order processing module with multiple stages which process the order. The preferred stages include a product information stage, a merchant information stage, a shopper information stage, an order initialization stage, an order check stage, an item price adjust stage, an order price adjust stage, a shipping stage, a handling stage, a tax stage, an order total stage, an inventory stage, a payment stage and an accept stage.
A merchandising system for processing electronic sales transactions, said merchandising system comprising:
A merchandising system for processing electronic sales transactions, said merchandising system comprising:
A system for processing requests for information about goods or services, said system comprising:
A system for processing requests for information about goods or services, said system comprising:
A system for processing requests for information about goods or services, said system comprising:
A merchandising system for processing electronic sales transactions, said merchandising system comprising:
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