A Web-based consumer product marketing communication network for managing
and delivering consumer product marketing communications to consumers
along E-Commerce (EC) enabled Web sites on the World Wide Web (WWW). The
network employs one or more Web-based Multi-Mode Virtual Kiosks (MMVKs),
each having a plurality of independently programmable display modes, for
displaying one or more advertising spots, one or more promotional spots,
and a set of consumer product information (CPI) resources through its
Web-based graphical user interface (GUI). The network also includes a
database server for storing and managing a CPI link structure for each
MMVK deployed on the network. Each CPI link structure includes a consumer
product identifier assigned to the corresponding consumer product, and a
set of URLs specifying the location of a plurality of CPI resources
located on the WWW. Members of product management team use the set of
URLs to program the programmable display modes of each MMVK. By virtue of
the MMVK-driven communication network of the present invention, consumer
product management teams can now consistently deliver to product
information and brand messaging to consumers along electronic streams of
commerce.