AUTOMATED ON-LINE COMMERCE METHOD AND APPARATUS UTILIZING SHOPPING SERVERS WHICH UPDATE PRODUCT INFORMATION ON PRODUCT SELECTION

摘要

An on-line commerce method and apparatus. A user can select products for purchase from plural merchant servers by examining product information stored on a shopping server. The product information related to selected products is verified by accessing a checkout page of each merchant server. The verified information is then presented to the user for confirmation. Upon confirmation, buy procedures are executed on each merchant server to purchase the products using existing account information for the user at each merchant server.