WO2008126073A3 - Integrated concentric publishing platform facilitating and supporting preference on location tangible article acquisition - Google Patents

Abstract

Tangible article detail publishing services involve a combination of human and computer effort and time. They provide potential customers with article detail data as provided by merchants or derived from merchants' e-commerce sites. The recent development and proliferation of inventory and pricing systems among small and large sellers (e.g., 'KSS') coupled with the global spread of wireless devices allows for a new breed of a system. An integrated concentric publishing platform is presented. The platform is intended for such suppliers/ customers for whom e-commerce is not a preferred and or possible means of transaction. The secure sale of service and or produce is done at a physical location. We shall refer to this type of sellers as on location sellers. The platform provides a means for such sellers to publish their items and or services. The data is published with little or no human effort. The platform makes real-time pricing, inventory and location data available to potential customers on a global information system (e.g., Internet). It facilitates and supports on the spot real-time product and or service acquisition decisions based on provided preference parameters. Potential customers may query the system via an array of communication devices such as computers, wireless devices, land line phones, television interactive systems and the like. Customers may input reliable data pertaining to a seller perceived quality of service and or produce. This data can serve both seller and future customers in striving for a better quality of provided service and or product.