Patent ID: 8412547
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A commerce router comprising: a computer readable medium comprising code executable by a processor, wherein the code comprises a module to receive a first request from a buyer web site; a plurality of commercial transaction databases, wherein each one of the databases contains commercial transaction information related to one of a plurality of offering types; wherein the code further comprises: a module to store the first request in at least one of the commercial transaction databases; an application server module, communicatively coupled to each one of the databases, to access the first request in at least one of the commercial transaction databases and to process the first request to generate a processed request; wherein to generate the processed request, the application server module includes code to review the first request, determine if one or more additional requests for one or more related items can be added to the first request, and to automatically generate the one or more additional requests for the one or more related items if a determination is made that the one or more additional requests can be added to the first request, wherein the related items are selected from a group consisting of products and services; and a web server module to provide the processed request including the one or more additional requests to at least one provider web site, wherein each, single, provider web site supports, for one or more providers, access to the provider web site to allow at least one of the one or more providers to respond to the processed request.