Patent ID: 7610218
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An improved method for an e-commerce retailer to display and sell items of a third party comprising: identifying, by a processor, each item of a third party supplier with a unique identifier, wherein a particular third party supplier provides photo-finishing services; associating, by a processor, the unique identifier of the item with an image for the item, said image residing on a computer maintained by the third party supplier, wherein the unique identifier is further associated with a user, at least one of the images corresponding to user photographic images; in response to a product request from the user to the e-commerce retailer, the e-commerce retailer presenting at least some of the images of third party supplier items to the user for on-line commerce, said images being retrieved from said computer maintained by the third party supplier in response to the product request, the product request being a user-initiated request for at least one specific item of the third party; and in response to an order request from the user to the e-commerce retailer, for one or more items,