Methods and apparatus for aggregating, displaying, and promoting branded commodities from multiple vendors

摘要

The present invention is related to receiving, storing, and displaying commodities, and more particularly to promoting branded commodities within a commodity search engine which may contain a great number of unbranded and branded commodities.

主权项

1. A computer-controlled method implemented in a multi-vendor commodity search engine server comprising:
receiving a search request, said search request responsive to input from a user into a multi-vendor commodity search engine input form, and said search request containing at least one instruction for filtering or sorting by at least one branded commodity; executing said search request, said server searching a commodities database and filtering or sorting by the at least one branded commodity; and transmitting a search result, said search result responsive to said search request, and containing information relating to at least one branded commodity.