Patent ID: 7835509
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: G06Q,G08B,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A process, utilizing one or more multiple coordinated central control stations linked for communication with buyers or vendors located at widely distributed locations, for controlling buyer and vendor communication via public data communication links, comprising the steps of: notifying, via the one or more central control stations, one or more buyers, at personal computers with video capability utilized by the buyers, regarding an offer from a vendor, interfacing one or more buyers, via control by the one or more multiple coordinated central control stations, to provide a presentation including video data and text data relating to the offer from the vendor to the buyers at the buyer personal computers, the video data including high resolution video including high resolution still images, the buyers having a capability associated with the personal computers to alter the video data; receiving, via control by the one or more multiple coordinated central control stations, identification data from the buyers, wherein the identification data is verified before the one or more buyers receive at least a portion of the presentation at the buyer personal computers; and following a transaction between the buyers and the vendor relating to the offer, facilitating communication with the buyer regarding the transaction via electronic mail sent under control of the one or more multiple coordinated central control stations.