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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2002
Bryan E. Aupperle, Apex, NC (US);
Sajan K. Sankaran, Raleigh, NC (US);
Spencer H Shepard, Iv, Durham, NC (US);
Yih-shin Tan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Bryan E. Aupperle, Apex, NC (US);
Sajan K. Sankaran, Raleigh, NC (US);
Spencer H Shepard, IV, Durham, NC (US);
Yih-Shin Tan, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A cooperative e-business complex. The cooperative e-business complex can include one or more electronically accessible e-business complex management services configured to handle e-business processing in the e-business complex on behalf of electronically associated virtual store operators, vendors, business partners and professional services providers. A virtual management office can be included which is configured to coordinate e-business transactions between the associated virtual store operators, the on-line shoppers, the vendors, the business partners, and the professional services providers in the e-business complex. Finally, one or more e-business complex management services requesters can be configured to remotely invoke selected ones of the electronically accessible e-business complex management services. Each e-business complex management services requester can invoke the electronically accessible e-business complex management services on behalf of one of the associated virtual store operators, vendors, business partners and professional services providers.