Patent ID: 8719075
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system to facilitate electronic commerce associated with an online marketplace between a plurality of selling users and a plurality of potential buyers over a computer network, the system comprising: a host computer accessible to the computer network to host the online marketplace to thereby define a marketplace administrator server, the marketplace administrator server having memory coupled to a processor to store operating instructions therein; a marketplace administrator server database accessible to the processor of the marketplace administrator server and having database records related to a plurality of items to be sold by the plurality of selling users; a marketplace administrator image file server accessible to the processor of the marketplace administrator server and having image files related to the plurality of items to be sold by the plurality of selling users; a plurality of selling user computers each positioned at one or more selling user sites remote from the marketplace administrator server, accessible to the computer network, and having a processor and memory coupled to the processor to store operating instructions therein and to send data related to items for sale to the marketplace administrator server, and a display in communication with the processor to display items to be sold using an associated selling user web browser stored in the memory; a plurality of potential buyer computers each positioned at a separate potential buyer user site remote from the marketplace administrator server, accessible to the computer network, and having a processor and memory coupled to the processor to store operating instructions therein and to receive data related to items for sale, and a display in communication with the processor to display seller item web pages accessed through the computer network using an associated potential buyer web browser stored in the memory; and online e-commerce program product stored in the memory of the marketplace administrator server and including instructions that, when executed by the marketplace administrator server, cause the marketplace administrator server to selectively perform the operations of: