Claims
- 1. A method for processing an on-line purchase order for a good, said order received by an on-line seller from a customer, comprising the steps of:
at said on-line seller, placing a print order for a printed product with a print center, said print order and printed product comprising at least seller data, good data, customer data, packing instruction, and identification key; at said on-line seller, placing a supply order for said good with a supplier, said supply order including at least said identification key; at said print center conveying said printed product to said supplier; at said supplier, associating said printed product and good in accordance with said identification key, packaging said good in accordance with said printed product and forwarding packaged good to said customer.
- 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said identification key is a bar code.
- 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said identification key is human readable indicia.
- 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said print order further comprises a cover letter from said on-line seller to said customer and informationals regarding said seller.
- 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said seller data includes at least one of: seller name and address; invoice; seller cover letter to customer; seller information such as advertisements; company logo; and company color.
- 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said customer data includes at least one of: customer name and address; and customer special requests.
- 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said good data includes at least one of: good identification; good special assembly; and good special handling.
- 8. The method according to claim 1, wherein said packaging requirements includes at least one of: special wrapping specific to on-line seller, customer, good, or situation; special handling specific to the handling of the good, delivery, on-line seller, or customer; special assemble of the good, or package; and special routing for the package.
- 9. A method for processing an order from a customer for a good comprising the steps of:
requesting printing materials and assigning an identification key to said materials, requesting said good and assigning said identification key to said good, associating said materials and said good in accordance with said identification key, and packaging said good in accordance with said materials and forwarding said good to said customer with said materials.
- 10. The method according to claim 9, wherein said printing materials includes seller data, good data, customer data, and packing instructions.
- 11. The method according to claim 9, wherein said step of requesting said good includes seller data, good data, customer data, and packing instructions which are implemented with said step of packaging.
- 12. The method according to claim 9, wherein said identification key is a bar code.
- 13. The method according to claim 9, wherein said identification key is human readable indicia.
- 14. The method according to claim 9, wherein said step of requesting printing is made from an on-line seller to a print center.
- 15. The method according to claim 14, wherein said identification key is provided to said print center during said step of requesting printing.
- 16. The method according to claim 15, wherein said print center is a part of said on-line seller.
- 17. The method according to claim 15, wherein said print center is a part of a supplier of said good.
- 18. The method according to claim 9, wherein said step of requesting said good is made to a good supplier.
- 19. The method according to claim 18, wherein said identification key is provided to said good supplier with said step of requesting said good; and wherein said steps of associating and packaging are performed at said good supplier.
- 20. The method according to claim 9, wherein said order is received on-line and said steps of requesting printing materials and requesting said good are performed on-line.
Priority Claims (1)
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Date |
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100 13 497.1 |
Mar 2000 |
DE |
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuation of International Application number PCT/DE01/01035, filed Mar. 16, 2001, and German Application number 100 13 497,1 filed Mar. 20, 2000, both of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Continuations (1)
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Number |
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Parent |
PCT/DE01/01035 |
Mar 2001 |
US |
Child |
10237064 |
Sep 2002 |
US |