Patent ID: 8442869
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for optimizing a business transaction between a selling vendor and a shipping vendor, the method comprising: (a) receiving, at one or more computers associated with the selling vendor, a customer order request from a customer device; (b) sending, from the one or more computers to the transaction optimization and coordination system, a query including customer order data associated with the customer order request; (c) in response to a determination by the transaction optimization and coordination system that the customer order can be fulfilled such that at least one shipping vendor can arrange for a customer to obtain one or more products of the customer order: (d) sending, from the one or more computers to the transaction optimization and coordination system, a selection of one of the fulfillment options including at least one of the chosen shipping vendors; (e) receiving, at the one or more computers, payment information for the customer order; and (f) transmitting, payment information from the one or more computers to the transaction optimization and coordination system, wherein the selling vendor and at least one of the shipping vendor identified in the selected option are not related entities.