Sarah D Timmons

US Patent:

20020040324, Apr 4, 2002

Filed:

Jan 22, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/767646

Inventors:

Todd Dunning - Redwood Shores CA, US
Brian Dunning - Orinda CA, US
Anthony Wong - San Francisco CA, US
John Chendo - San Francisco CA, US
Sarah Timmons - Sunnyvale CA, US
Charles Parsons - San Francisco CA, US
Venkat Girish - Fremont CA, US
Richard Hirshberg - Danville CA, US
Igor Hamer - San Francisco CA, US
Robert Honeycut - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/026000

Abstract:

A system, method and computer program product are provided for registering an unregistered vendor in a network-based framework. Initially, at least one order is received from a first user utilizing a network. Such order is directed to a second user that is not registered with the network-based framework. There after, contact information of the second user is retrieved. A request is then transmitted to the second user using the contact information. Such request is for the second user to register with the network-based framework.