A method for establishing and maintaining a virtual outlet ("VO") relationship on the Internet between an entity that controls and manages a Web site constituting a VO and a merchant that controls and manages a different Web site. The VO presents a series of VO Web pages to customers that contain descriptive...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US6016504?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6016504 - Method and system for tracking the purchase of a product and services over the Internet