Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080255966 | Method and Apparatus For Facilitating Sales of Goods By Independent Parties - A method for facilitating sales and pricing of independent parties' goods. The method removes price control from buyers and sellers by deriving a sale price from an index price using a method set by either the seller or a third party. The index price is provided by a party other than the buyer or seller. The sale price may be derived at a time of sale or at a time of registering the good for sale. The standard ID code of readily identifiable, fungible, durable goods is used by sellers to identify used goods to the marketeer. The marketeer exploits the nature of such goods by choosing the price of a comparable new good as an index price and deriving a discounted sale price for the used good from the price of a new good having essentially the same value due to its fungible, durable nature. A best price for a good is ensured by using as the index price a lowest price among a group of vendors for a comparable good. | 10-16-2008 |
20100293070 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING SELLER SELECTION IN A MULTI-SELLER ENVIRONMENT - A method for selecting a seller in a multi-seller environment in which multiple sellers are offering for sale one or more goods desired by the buyer. A criterion for selecting a seller may be specified by the buyer or an intermediary. After identifying a seller offering the desired good(s) for sale, a seller is selected which best satisfies the criterion. More than one criterion may be specified. If the buyer desires to purchase multiple good, a seller offering one or more of the multiple goods may be selected or a seller solution including a combination of sellers may be selected. A computer-implemented method and apparatus for carrying out the computer-implemented method is also provided. | 11-18-2010 |
20110004535 | Method and Apparatus For Listing Goods For Sale - A method and apparatus to present a good of a seller. A product identification code is received via a cellular telephone, the product identification code identifying the good. The good is then presented for sale via a network and using the product identification code | 01-06-2011 |
20110137744 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF FACILITATING A TRANSACTION - A method and system facilitate a transaction via a network-based transaction facility. For example, a pre-order relating to an item is recorded in a database; a plurality of offers to sell the item is received; and a matching operation to detect a correspondence between the pre-order and the plurality of offers is automatically performed using processor-implemented logic. The pre-order is set to a reserve state in the database based on at least one offer of the plurality of offers matching the preorder, in which the reserve state reserves the at least one offer pending establishment of a transaction for the at least one offer. | 06-09-2011 |
20110178898 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION RELATING TO A GOOD - A method and apparatus to present information relating to a good. A product identification code is received via a cellular telephone, the product identification code identifying the good. The information relating to the good is presented via a network and using the product identification code. | 07-21-2011 |
20140006200 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION RELATING TO A GOOD | 01-02-2014 |
20140006211 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION RELATING TO A GOOD | 01-02-2014 |
20140006212 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION RELATING TO A GOOD | 01-02-2014 |
20140006213 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION RELATING TO A GOOD | 01-02-2014 |
20140297481 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF FACILITATING A TRANSACTION - A method and system facilitate a transaction via a network-based transaction facility. For example, a pre-order relating to an item may be recorded in a database, a plurality of offers to sell the item may be received, and a matching operation may detect a correspondence between the pre-order and the plurality of offers. The pre-order may be set to a reserve state in the database responsive to detecting an offer of the plurality of offers matching the pre-order, in which the reserve state is to reserve the offer of the plurality of offers pending to perform a transaction with the pre-order. | 10-02-2014 |
20150066704 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION RELATING TO A GOOD - Systems, media and methods for presenting information relating to a good for sale are provided. In an example embodiment, a system comprises at least one module, executing on one or more computer processors, to receive from a seller, via a network, product information relating to a good for sale, store the received product information in a database, receive an inquiry from a buyer via a portable wireless communication device, the inquiry including data usable to identify the good for sale, and based on an identification of the good, send, via a network, for display in an interface of the portable wireless communication device, at least some of the information relating to the good for sale. | 03-05-2015 |