Patent ID: 8341027

Claim:
An internet accessible computer system to conduct business to business operations among a plurality of buyer companies and a plurality of seller companies, comprising: (i) at least one seller client system with necessary hardware and software; (ii) at least one buyer client system with necessary hardware and software; (iii) at least one computer server with necessary hardware and software and coupled to a database for storing data; and (iv) a network connecting said at least one seller client system and said at least one buyer client system to said at least one computer server, wherein said at least one computer server is programmed for: registering each of the plurality of seller companies with the internet accessible computer system, wherein each of the plurality of seller companies sells goods to a corresponding one of the plurality of buyer companies, and the corresponding one buyer company makes payment for the goods sold by that seller company; and registering each of the plurality of buyer companies with the internet accessible computer system, wherein based on the registration request by a buyer company the computer system checks whether there is a corresponding seller company that exists for the buyer company, if there is no corresponding seller company that exists for the buyer company, a notification of failing to register is generated and sent to the buyer company by the computer system, and if there is a corresponding seller company that exists for the buyer company, the computer system proceeds with registration of the buyer company, wherein registered buyer companies and registered seller company conduct business to business operations accordingly after the registrations; wherein said at least one computer server is further programmed for registering each of the plurality of seller companies with the internet accessible computer system in the steps of: (a) providing a registration form to one of the plurality of seller companies for collecting certain information; (b) receiving the filled registration form from said seller company, wherein said seller company identifies a corresponding buyer company to which said seller company sells goods and receives payments for the goods sold; (c) auditing said seller company based on the collected information against a set of first predetermined conditions; (d) authenticating said seller company if said seller company passes the auditing step; (e) creating a unique identifier (UID) and a user account; and (f) notifying said seller company by email.