Inventors:
Charles Stanley Fenton - Ypsilanti MI, US
Pamela J. Taylor - Flower Mound TX, US
Cory D. Wiegert - Dublin OH, US
International Classification:
G06Q 30/00, G06Q 99/00, G06Q 40/00
US Classification:
705 1416, 705 1456, 705 1423, 705319, 705 42, 705 267
Abstract:
A consumer-oriented commerce facilitation (COCF) server provides a service that enables a provider to establish a provider profile and enables a consumer to establish a consumer profile. The service accesses a provider profile database and a consumer profile and provides a COCF client application that enables the consumer to maintain: preferred provider information, consumer list information indicating products associated with the consumer, payment account information indicating sources of payment for a purchase transaction, and community information identifying members of a consumer community members. The application enables a consumer to access a preferred provider user interface (UI) that provides links to storefront UIs. The UI enables the consumer to browse and purchase products offered by the provider. The application also enables a consumer to share selectable portions of the consumer profile with selected preferred providers and share a selectable portion of the consumer profile with a consumer selected subset of the consumer community.