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Systems and methods to connect people in a marketplace environment

  • US 10,102,550 B2
  • Filed: 03/16/2017
  • Issued: 10/16/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • transmitting visible content, by a server system, via a network to a first end-user device to display the visible content via a user interface, of a display device of the first end-user device prompting input specifying pricing information for one or more listings associated with a first entity;

    collecting a geolocation, detected by a location device, of the first end-user device;

    receiving a first transmission from the first end-user device, by the server system, to (a) identify a first price bid from the first entity for a first listing, and (b) determine a geographic area corresponding to (i) the detected geolocation of the first end-user device and (ii) a detected location associated with the first listing, of the one or more listings;

    accessing a database of the server system to retrieve the first reference from a pool of unallocated references, not preassigned to a particular listing, and assigning, by the server system, the first reference to a first demand partner and a first version of the first listing;

    accessing the database to retrieve the second reference from the pool of unallocated references, and assigning, by the server system, the second reference to a second demand partner and a second version of the first listing;

    establishing a real time communication connection by routing, via the server system, a telephone call, via a Voice over Internet Protocol, to the first end-user device associated with the first entity in response to detecting an indication of a selection, via the user interface, of at least one of the first reference and the second reference;

    transmitting via the network, by the server system, the first version of the first listing to the first demand partner, the first version of the first listing comprising the first reference, the first listing comprises information related to a first item of the first entity;

    transmitting via the network by the server system the second version of the first listing to the second demand partner; and

    after a first predetermined time period that is based on a first time corresponding to the transmitting the first version of the first listing, changing, by the server system, an assignment of the first reference stored in the database so that the first reference is recycled into the pool of unallocated references for subsequent reassigning to another entity.

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