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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2013
June Ray Limited, Road Town, VG;
Louis H. Borders, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Avrind Peter Relan, Atherton, CA (US);
Margaret Sue Lloyd, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Sunil Bhargava, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Joyo Wijaya, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Peter Ham, Harpenden, GB;
Gray Andrew Clossman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ajit Ramachandra Mayya, Saratoga, CA (US);
June Ray Limited, , VG;
Abstract
A technique for effecting electronic commerce using a data network is described. The data network includes a plurality of subsystems which, together, form an integrated system for receiving customer orders for selected items via a data network, fulfilling the customer orders, and delivering the ordered products to the customers. Moreover, according to a specific embodiment, the integrated nature of the system architecture of the present invention allows the on-line merchant to provide a guarantee to the customer that the ordered items will be available to be delivered to the customer at the specified delivery date, time, and location.