Patent ID: 7270267
Filing Date: 2007-09-18
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a data storage device accessible via a network and having franchisor approved product information stored in a first memory; a franchisor network interface by which a franchisor can communicate with the data storage device via the network and approve the product information; a franchisee network interface providing network access by a franchisee to the franchisor approved product information for selecting a product and ordering the selected product and by which product orders can be stored in a second memory, wherein the product selecting and ordering by the franchisee is based upon the approved product information of the franchisor; a third party network interface providing a third party access to the product orders stored within the second memory and by which the third party manages access of the franchisor approved product information by the franchisee, wherein the third party network interface also permits the third party to communicate a product order to a manufacturer via the network; and a manufacturer network interface by which the manufacturer can communicate with the data storage device via the network to process the received product order in accordance with the approved product information.