公开(公告)号：GB2362242A

公开(公告)日：2001-11-14

申请号：GB0025254

申请日：2000-10-13

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： DUTTA RABINDRANATH ,  HILPERT JR EDWIN JAMES

IPC: G06Q30/00 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F17/60

Abstract: A method of performing a sale of a product from an e-commerce retailer on a network spanning a plurality of jurisdictions comprising receiving from a database server 100 necessary jurisdictional information for the seller 111, 112, 113 to meet the sellers obligations in carrying out the sale of the product. The method may include the database server being updated to hold current information, which may be received from a plurality of local authority servers. The database server may be maintained by a local or reference authority. The database server may determine the relevant jurisdictional information for a product by mapping the product to a product code. The method may further include replicating the collected current information in the database server to a plurality of e-commerce servers. Jurisdictional information maintained by the database server may include tax rates, warranty information, customs duty information or restrictions on sale of a particular product in a specified jurisdiction.