Patent ID: 7627829
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for building a user interface for simultaneously managing a plurality of web-based storefronts over a network, the method comprising: adding a module to a user interface for managing a plurality of web-based storefronts, the module providing access to a plurality of control panels, each control panel providing an interface to create or manage one of the web-based storefronts, wherein at least one control panel displays an identifier of each web-based storefront which is active; adding an area to the user interface, the area visually distinguished from and concurrently displayed with the module, the area providing a plurality of statistical data items associated with commerce of each web-based storefront identified in the at least one control panel; adding a control panel of the plurality of control panels to the user interface, the control panel visually distinct from and concurrently displayed with the module and the area, and the control panel providing a plurality of advertising services for use in promotion each web-based storefront, the plurality of advertising services comprising at least one of a product advertisement tool, a search engine advertisement tool, a sponsor advertising tool, or an e-mail advertising tool; and providing the user interface to a user over a network.