Appeal No. 2003-0108
Application No. 09/123,778
55. A method of conducting a commercial transaction
that includes a transfer of digitally transferable
goods from a provider to a shopper through a globally
accessible computer network, comprising:
providing in the globally accessible computer network a
storage and distribution region for storage of an
inventory of digitally transferable goods, the
storage and distribution region including multiple
provider areas assigned to corresponding multiple
remotely located providers for storage of
digitally transferable goods uploaded by the
multiple remotely located providers;
establishing common administrative control of uploading
of digitally transferable goods from any of the
multiple remotely located providers to the
corresponding assigned provider area;
establishing in response to a request by any of the
multiple remotely located providers and in
operative association with the common
administrative control a digitally transferable
goods transfer communication link within the
globally accessible computer network, the goods
transfer communication link providing a pathway by
which the remotely located provider can upload a
set of digitally transferable goods to and store
the set of digitally transferable goods in the
corresponding assigned provider area of the
storage and distribution region;
establishing within the globally accessible computer
network a network connection to the storage and
distribution system in response to a request by a
shopper for product information about a member
item of the set of digitally transferable goods
uploaded by one or more of the multiple remotely
located providers;
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