Patent Document ID: 20020156688
Application ID: 09788853
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A system to effectuate a global flow of information via a communications network selected from a group comprised of communications networks, where said group includes the Internet, said information flowing in multiple language versions from manufacturers to Buyers, and also to effectuate a global flow of products purchased by said Buyers from said manufacturers, where said products include services as well as physical products and where Buyers include organizations as well as individuals, the system comprising storing in a single central relational database marketing information from manufacturers around the world about products, said marketing information stored in multiple language-and-locale versions for dynamic processing by locale-specific versions of server scripts to provide locale-specific versions of Web pages to Buyers on the Internet who come from a multitude of locales differentiated by language, culture and nationality, offering for viewing on interactive Web page tableaus said marketing information about said products to said Buyers, said offering made from interactive Web page forms on Referral Websites that serve Buyers in the various locales, storing identifier variables in said interactive Web page forms that are viewed by said Buyers at said Referral Websites, the identifier variables being, first, product identifier numerical values that individually identify products offered for viewing and, second, locale identifier numerical values that individually identify the locales respectively served from said Referral Websites, storing a permanent set of structural query language procedures in said database, each stored procedure ready to be selectively triggered when the database receives a Web page request from a Buyer over the Internet, the request containing filtering parameters of, first, a product identifier value for at least one product selected for viewing and, second, a locale identifier value for a Referral Website, receiving said request from said Buyer, the request automatically carrying both said product identifier numerical value for said at least one product selected for viewing and said locale identifier value, thereby triggering a specific stored structural query language procedure that uses the filtering parameters received from the Buyer, sending marketing information about said at least one product to said Buyer's Web Browser, the information dynamically extracted from the database by said specific stored structured query language procedure and merged into a new HTML page in a version selected to be compatible with the language and locale identified by said locale identifier value, opening a frame for a shopping cart to display at least one product selected for purchase by a Buyer, said display rendered in the Buyer's language, collecting payment for said at least one product from said Buyer at a Website which is e-commerce enabled for processing purchase transactions, and notifying the manufacturer of said at least one product that a purchase has been made and a at least one product needs to be shipped to said Buyer, the shipment to be made by a shipper for tangible products and by making the products downloadable by the Buyer for downloadable digital products, said digital products being in the group of digital products comprising text files, video files, and audio files. whereby, manufacturers around the world may deliver products and dynamically current marketing information to Buyers around the world from a single, integrated, international system that overcomes barriers arising from differences in languages, customs, and nationalities by automatically and transparently adjusting for Buyers' locales; Buyers may quickly and conveniently select desired products from a multitude of manufacturers whose products may be viewed at a single-point Global Store; profitability of global trade may become greatly enhanced for manufacturers because significant efficiencies are realized; and manufacturers may avoid daunting complexities from attempting to develop and maintain multiple stand-alone systems of international trade.