Patent ID: 7533050
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for offering hosting services, comprising the steps of: a) hosting a plurality of applications on a host computer system at a data center, wherein hosting the applications includes: executing an first shopping application for a first shopping process on the data center host computer system, the first shopping process being accessible to shoppers by Internet communications wherein the first shopping process performs the step of: executing an application for a second resource planning process on the data center host computer system, wherein the second resource planning process performs the step of: and executing an application for a second integration process on the data center host computer system, wherein the second integration process performs the steps of: and b) performing a hosting service by the host computer system responsive to one of the customers selecting from among the first, second third, fourth, fifth and sixth hosting service steps, and wherein sales are transacted with shoppers for the customers responsive to ones of the selected hosting service steps being performed on the host computer system.