Patent ID: 7904833

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of displaying e-commerce partners within an e-commerce system including an e-commerce application and a commerce graphical user interface, the e-commerce application enabling an e-commerce entity to conduct business with e-commerce partners via a communicatively linked network, the method comprising the steps of: for each of the e-commerce partners automatically determining by an active engine of the e-commerce application whether said e-commerce partner is an active partner based on the following criteria: detecting whether a transaction has occurred with said e-commerce partner within a designated time period, determining whether transactions involving said e-commerce partner exceed a designated valuation threshold, determining whether a transaction involving said e-commerce partner exceeds a designated data size, and determining whether said e-commerce partner has a preference level above a designated preference level, wherein the corresponding criteria for determining whether an e-commerce partner is an active partner are adjustable; presenting a list of active e-commerce partners within the commerce graphical user interface, each active e-commerce partner being presented as an expandable partner node; when the partner node is expanded, presenting at least one transaction node as a child node of said expanded partner node, wherein each transaction node represents an e-commerce transaction between the e-commerce entity and said e-commerce partner; visually differentiating different types of transaction nodes and different categories of partner nodes, wherein error transaction nodes are highlighted and automatically expanded responsive to an error detection; and assigning by a transaction router of the e-commerce application responsible personnel to transactions based on predetermined rules, wherein the predetermined rules are adjustable, and wherein most qualified personnel is assigned to most profitable transactions.