Patent ID: 7716084
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computerized system for comparison-shopping comprising: a back office apparatus that includes machine readable code on a computer readable medium for execution by said back office apparatus; at least one catalog in communication with said back office apparatus having a computerized database of items, said at least one catalog being organized according to a predetermined item classification standard by a class, attribute, and value elements of a classified item in a normalized database, wherein at least one class of items including at least one item, and a Common Language Generator (CLG), wherein said at least one catalog database being normalized by said (CLG), and at least one supplier electronically linked for communication with said back office apparatus; wherein said back office apparatus includes query means comprising a search display screen for searching the at least one catalog database and locating at least one potential supplier therefrom based on item requirement information provided in a special requisition; means for electronically sending a request for a quote that includes information from the special requisition, to the at least one potential supplier and for receiving responses including product availability information for items and classes of items corresponding to the special requisition that are available from said at least one potential supplier; and means for automated comparison-shopping of the responses and for automatically selecting a source.