Patent №
US 6,934,690
Granted
2005-08-23
Filed 1999
Owner
MERCATA, INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
kr
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09409237
A method and system are provided that enable partner sites to join in the sale of products/services via a PowerBuy business method. A seller registers a list of products/services to be displayed on partner sites. Customers/visitors who access partner sites may link to one or more PowerBuys conducted on an owner's main site. Accordingly, the method and system enable a super demand aggregation for products/services offered for sale by the PowerBuy business method. The invention provides a partner menu tree that allows partners to pre-select products/categories for display to customers linking to the PowerBuy from their partner site. Sellers may provide particular products, services, categories, and abstract terms to help partners select which products/services to display for customers from among all the PowerBuy products/services. The invention has applicability to sales paradigms other than the PowerBuy business method.
AI classification
Ownership
MERCATA, INC.
assignment · 104600768
Assignors
VAN HORN, TOM, ENGMAN, JON C., HALBERT, RICHARD V., GUSTAFSSON, NIKLAS, WOODFORD, DALE A., PACHE, JEROME P., DEAN, GREG C.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.