Title :
A protocol for "Combination-Web-Shopping"
Author :
Marathe, Mona ; Diwakar, Hemalatha
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Pune Univ., India
Abstract :
"Combination-Shopping" wherein individuals seek to buy matched and coordinated combinations possibly from different commercial enterprises, is a common occurrence in every day life. With e-commerce gaining ground, there is a need to provide a solution to a new category of problems in e-commerce, which addresses the need of "single buyer of multiple items from multiple sellers", or multiple businesses transacting simultaneously with a single customer (mB2C). "Combination-Web-Shopping" deals with the problem of purchasing a set of items, comprising a combination from a set of distinct Web shops in one transaction. As a solution the Combination-Web-Shopping protocol is proposed, which is implemented as a message-based centralized workflow application residing at a mediator. The complete workflow specification is also described.
Keywords :
Internet; electronic commerce; protocols; purchasing; virtual enterprises; Combination-Shopping; Combination-Web-Shopping; Web shops; centralized workflow application; commercial enterprises; e-commerce; mB2C; message-based workflow application; multiple businesses; multiple items; multiple sellers; protocol; single buyer; single customer; workflow specification; Business; Computer science; Costs; Explosives; Footwear; Hardware; Internet; Protocols; Software tools; Transportation;
Conference_Titel :
e-Commerce Technology, 2004. CEC 2004. Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2098-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICECT.2004.1319723
