Appeal No. 2004-2289
Application No. 09/825,337
device may also buy a case from another seller. See page 1 of appellants’
specification.
Claim 1 is representative of the invention and is reproduced below:
1. A commercial sales method via a network, comprising:
a step of registering in advance a specific-item catalogue relating to a specific
item and a relevant-item catalogue for items relevant to the specific item in a home
page on the WWW;
a step, performed by a purchaser, of viewing both the specific-item catalogue
and the relevant-item catalogue on the home-page via the network through a
purchaser terminal, and sending a purchase request to a relevant-item seller selling
the items relevant to the specific item by designating one of the items relevant to the
specific item so as to purchase the designated item;
a step, performed by the relevant-item seller, of delivering a product of the
designated item to the purchaser according to the purchase request;
a step, performed by the relevant-item seller, of informing a settlement
computer of sales data of the purchased item; and
a step, performed by the settlement computer, of transferring a sales
commission from a sales account of the relevant-item seller to a sales account of a
specific-item seller selling the specific item, the specific item seller being different
from the relevant-item seller,
wherein the specific-item catalogue and the relevant-item catalogue each
comprise information about the item in addition to a link.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Bezos et al. (Bezos) 6,029,141 Feb. 22, 2000
Tavor et al. (Tavor) 6,070,149 May 30, 2000
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