Patent ID: 7974884

Claim:
A network server configured to receive and manage information comprising either order information or order information and customer information, the network server being connected via a communication network to plural order entry channels and to plural retailer member systems, wherein an order entry channel sends to a retailer member system the information associated with an order placed by a customer through the order entry channel, the retailer member system mediates the order received from the order entry channel and sends the order to the network server, wherein the information received at the network server from the order entry channel via the retailer member system, is stored in a database at the network server with identification information of the retailer member system that has mediated the order; and based on the identification information of the retailer member system and in response to a request from the retailer member system, at least one of the order information corresponding to the identification information of the retailer member system, the customer information corresponding to the identification information of the retailer member system, or additional information corresponding to the identification information of the retailer member system and generated based on at least one of the order information and the customer information is extracted from the database and is provided to the retailer member system.