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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2004
Timothy Roberts, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jyh-herng Chow, San Jose, CA (US);
Sara Hicks, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Jimmy R. Duvall, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy Roberts, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jyh-Herng Chow, San Jose, CA (US);
Sara Hicks, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Jimmy R. Duvall, San Jose, CA (US);
Yahoo, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A computerized self-service platform assists merchants in creating and managing stores on a computer network. In one aspect, a system for managing a store includes a product database and an ecommerce storefront, with the ecommerce storefront referencing information in the product database. A product administration module (e.g., a catalog manager) allows the merchant to manage the product database on a self-serve basis. Separating the storefront from the product database can yield numerous advantages.