Method and system for performing actions of an auction of a product or service through a communication network

• US 10,643,273 B2
• Filed: 09/04/2015
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Luciano Trindade De Sousa Monteiro
• Original Assignee: Luciano Trindade De Sousa Monteiro
• Inventors: Trindade de Sousa Monteiro, Luciano
• Primary Examiner(s): Pond, Robert M
• Application Number:
  US14/846,434
• Publication Number:
  US 20160314524A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,705 Days
• Field of Search: 705 27
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions

Abstract

A method for performing actions of an auction of a product or service through a communication network including sending to a plurality of sellers product or service specifications with an upset price wherein the plurality of sellers present a plurality of offers in homogenous manner for auction; receiving the plurality of offers; storing the plurality of offers in a database of communication network; receiving, from a plurality of buyers, purchase proposals for the product or service, the proposals being determined for each of the offers of the plurality of sellers; storing purchase proposals in the database; processing the purchase proposals and determining a plurality of lots, each of the lots of the plurality of lots being constituted by the plurality of purchase proposals received for each of the offers of the plurality of offers; and monitoring the moment when one of the sellers of the plurality of sellers buys a respective lot of the plurality of lots thereby defining the opportune moment, in the course of the auction, the price range of his interest to sell the product or service to the plurality of buyers who has given the plurality of purchase proposals in the respective lot bought.

Claims

1. A method for performing a competition among a plurality of sellers during actions of an auction of a product or service through a communication network, comprising the following steps:

a) connecting terminals of the plurality of sellers and terminals of a plurality of buyers between each other by means of the communication network;

b) sending, from the communication network to the terminals of the plurality of sellers, specifications of the product or service to be auctioned beginning at an initial reference price;

c) sending, from the terminals of the plurality of sellers to the communication network, a plurality of offers, wherein the plurality of offers include a plurality of models matching or closest to the specification and respectively defined by the managing system for the initial reference price,

d) storing the plurality of offers in a database of the communication network;

e) processing the offers stored in the database in step d) by means of the communication network;

f) publishing in the website, to be accessed by a plurality of buyers, the specifications and an initial reference price of the product or service to be auctioned;

g) sending, from the terminals of the plurality of buyers to the communication network, a plurality of purchase proposals for the auctioned product or service, the plurality of purchase proposals being sent for each one of the plurality of offers of the plurality of sellers in step c), wherein the plurality of purchase proposals respectively include one or more proposal prices for the plurality of models;

h) storing the plurality of purchase proposals in the database of the communication network;

i) processing the purchase proposals stored in the database in step g) by means of the communication network;

j) generating, by means of the communication network, a product or service matrix from the data related to the plurality of offers and purchase proposals processed in steps e) and h);

k) generating, by means of the communication network, a plurality of lots of purchase proposals based on the product or service matrix generated in step j), wherein each of the plurality of lots correspond to one of the plurality of models;

l) sending, from the communication network to the terminals of the plurality of sellers, the plurality of lots generated in step j);

m) monitoring, in real time, which one of the terminals of the plurality of sellers exchanges data with the communication network to take the respective lot of the plurality of lots of purchase proposals,

wherein the respective lot is generated when one of the plurality of sellers takes at least one purchase proposal, the lot being comprised by at least one purchase proposal taken seller and wherein said lot has a range comprised by a minimum upset price interesting to the seller and a highest price range for the purchase proposals corresponding to his model auctioned.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the communication network is the Internet, the terminals of the plurality of sellers and the terminals of the plurality of buyers being a mobile or fixed terminal.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least two of the plurality of models have the same characteristics.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of models has different characteristics.

5. A method for performing a competition among a plurality of sellers during actions of an auction of a product or service through a communication network, comprising the following steps:

a) connecting terminals of the plurality of sellers, terminals of a plurality of buyers and a managing system among each other by means of the communication network;

b) sending, from the managing system to the terminals of the plurality of sellers, the specifications and an initial reference price for the product or service to be sold by auction;

c) sending, from the terminals of the plurality of sellers to the communication network, a plurality of offers for a plurality of products or services matching or closest to the specification to be sold by auction according to the specifications in step b), wherein the plurality of offers are offered at the initial reference price,

d) storing the plurality of offers in a database of the communication network;

e) processing the offers stored in the database in step d) by means of the communication network;

f) publishing in the website, to be accessed by a plurality of buyers, the specifications and an initial reference price of the product or service to be auctioned;

g) publishing and sending the offers to the terminals of the plurality of buyers;

h) starting the auction and processing in real time, by means of the communication network, a plurality of purchase proposals received from each of the terminals of the plurality of buyers, wherein the plurality of purchase proposals respectively include one or more units per proposal price for the product or service;

i) grouping, by means of the communication network, the plurality of purchase proposals received in step g) according to the price range which each of the buyers of the plurality of buyers undertakes to pay for each respective product or service offered by each seller of the plurality of sellers;

j) storing the plurality of purchase proposals in the database of the communication network;

k) processing the purchase proposals previously stored in the database in step j) by means of the communication network;

l) generating, by means of the communication network, a product or service matrix from the data related to the plurality of offers and purchase proposals previously processed;

m) generating, by means of the communication network, a plurality of lots of purchase proposals based on the product or service matrix generated in step l), wherein each of the plurality of lots of purchase proposals correspond to one of the plurality of products or services;

n) sending, from the communication network to the terminals of the plurality of sellers, the matrix previously generated in step l;

o) monitoring, in real time, which one of the terminals of the plurality of sellers exchanges data with the communication network to take a new lot, wherein the lot is generated when the seller takes at least one purchase proposal, the lot being comprised by at least one purchase proposal taken by one of the plurality of sellers and wherein said lot is determined by the range comprised by a minimum value interesting to the seller and the highest value for the purchase proposals corresponding to his model auctioned.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein each terminal of the plurality of buyers sends the plurality of purchase proposals of the products in offer, through the communication network, for one or more terminals of the plurality of sellers.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein two or more purchase proposals of the plurality of purchase proposals sent by each of terminals of the plurality of buyers are of equal value for the respective products offered by each of the terminals of the respective sellers.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein two or more purchase proposals of the plurality of purchase proposals sent by each of terminals of the plurality of buyers are of a differentiated value for the respective products offered by each of the terminals of the respective sellers.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein the taken of the respective lot by one of the terminals of the plurality of sellers comprises:

defining the upset price which one seller of the plurality of sellers defines and undertakes to accept up to the lowest value of the purchase proposal of the plurality of purchase proposals, which includes all the purchase proposals of the plurality of purchase proposals with values attributed to their product in this value range;

disregarding automatically all the purchase proposals of the plurality of purchase proposals with values lower than the upset (lowest) price taken by the one of the terminals of the plurality of sellers;

disregarding all the other sellers of the plurality of sellers participating in the auction of said product or service.

10. The method according to claim 5, wherein the communication network is the Internet, the terminals of the plurality of sellers and the terminals of the plurality of buyers being a mobile or fixed terminal.

11. The method according to claim 5, wherein at least two of the plurality of models have the same characteristics.

12. The method according to claim 5, wherein at least one of the plurality of models has different characteristics.

13. A system for performing a competition among a plurality of sellers during actions of an auction of products or services through a communication network, comprising:

terminals of a plurality of buyers and terminals of the plurality of sellers, the terminals of the plurality of buyers and the terminals of the plurality of sellers being connected to each other by means of the communication network,

the communication network being configured to receive, from the terminals of the plurality of sellers, a plurality of offers for the product or service and a plurality of purchase proposals from the terminals of the plurality of buyers for each one of the plurality of offers for the product or service, wherein the plurality of offers set by the plurality of sellers, for the product or service include a plurality of models matching or close to the specification respectively offered by two or more of the plurality of sellers, for the same initial reference price, and

the communication network compiling, in real time, so as to list individually or group all the proposals of the plurality of units corresponding to the purchase proposals sent by the terminals of the plurality of buyers for each product or service offered by each of the terminals of the plurality of sellers according to the price which each of the buyers of the plurality of buyers undertakes to pay for each product or service offered by each of the sellers of the plurality of sellers;

the communication network further being configured to store, in a database, the plurality of offers and the plurality of purchase proposals;

the communication network processing the plurality of offers and the plurality of purchase proposals,

the communication network generating a product or service matrix from the processed data related to the plurality of offers and purchase proposals and generating a plurality of lots of purchase proposals based on the generated product or service matrix, wherein each of the plurality of lots of purchase proposals correspond to one of the plurality of models;

the communication network sending the generated matrix to the terminals of the plurality of sellers and monitoring, in real time, the terminals of the plurality of sellers exchanging data with the communication network to take a new lot,

wherein the respective lot is generated when one of the plurality of sellers takes at least one purchase proposal, the lot being comprised by at least one purchase proposal taken by the plurality of sellers and wherein said lot is determined by the range comprised by a minimum value interesting to the seller and the highest value for the purchase proposals corresponding to his model auctioned.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the communication network is configured to process and compile, by grouping, the plurality of purchase proposals, determining the total of purchase proposals per price range for each of the plurality of sellers.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein the communication network disregards all the purchase proposals of the plurality of purchase proposals sent by all the terminals of the plurality of buyers who sent the plurality of purchase proposals lower than the lowest price took by one of the terminals of the plurality of sellers.

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein the plurality of buyers of the respective lot are all those included in the range bought by one of the plurality of sellers who took the respective lot.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein the plurality of purchase proposals of the lot auctioned is adjusted after definition of the lowest value range of the respective lot auctioned with a discount previously defined by the managing system.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein the discount (bonus) to be applied after the lowest price range of the respective lot has been known is previously defined and disclosed by the managing system, prior to the start of the auction, to all the participants of the auction of the product or service.

19. The system according to claim 18, wherein the discount is defined and disclosed before the auction is calculated by a percentage ranging from 0% (zero percent) to 100% (a hundred percent), at the discretion of the managing system, considering the market variables and for better efficiency and performance of the auction.

20. The system according to claim 19, wherein the discount is the result of the calculation:

(PRmin)+((1−

B %)*(PRL−

PRmin)), wherein;

PRmin corresponds to the upset price range or unit, defined and accepted by the seller of the product or service related to the lot;

B % corresponds to a bonus factor to be applied to the purchase proposals of the lot, equal or higher than the upset price, defined and accepted by the seller of the plurality of purchase proposals by the calculation, wherein the lowest upset price will be a fixed value, wherein B % may be configured as a reduction factor predetermined before the start of the auction by the managing system, and may range from 0% to 100%;

PRL corresponds to the proposals within the highest price defined and accepted by the seller of the plurality of the plurality of purchase proposals in the taken lot to which the bonus factor is applied.

21. The system according to claim 13, wherein the communication network is the Internet, the terminals of the plurality of sellers and the terminals of the plurality of buyers being a mobile or fixed terminal.

22. The method according to claim 13, wherein at least two of the plurality of models have the same characteristics.

23. The method according to claim 13, wherein at least one of the plurality of models has different characteristics.

24. A system for performing a competition among a plurality of sellers during actions of an auction of products or services through a communication network, comprising:

a) a managing system, terminals of a plurality of buyers and terminals of the plurality of sellers, the managing system, the terminals of plurality of buyers and the terminals of plurality of sellers being connected among each other by means of the communication network,

b) the communication network being configured to receive, from the managing system, the specification of product or service and an initial reference price to be sent to the terminals of the plurality of sellers,

c) the communication network being configured to receive, from the terminals of the plurality of sellers, a plurality of offers that are in accordance or close to the specifications and the initial reference price for the product or service sent to the terminals of the plurality of buyers,

d) the communication network further being configured to store, in a database, the specifications and the initial reference price for the plurality of offers sent by the terminals of the plurality of sellers,

e) the communication network publishing on the Internet and sending the data stored in the database of the communication network referring to the plurality of offers sent by the terminals of the plurality of sellers according to the specifications and the initial reference price,

f) the communication network further being configured to receive, from the terminals of the plurality of buyers, a plurality of purchase proposals for the purchase of the product or the service, wherein the plurality of purchase proposals respectively include one or more proposal prices for the plurality of models,

g) the communication network compiling, in real time, so as to listing individually or group all the proposals of the plurality of units corresponding to the purchase proposals sent by the terminals of the plurality of buyers for each product or service offered by each of the terminals of the plurality of sellers according to the price which each of the buyers of the plurality of buyers undertakes to pay for each product or service offered by each of the sellers of the plurality of sellers,

h) the communication network further being configured to store, in a database, the plurality of offers and the plurality of purchase proposals;

i) the communication network processing the plurality of offers and the plurality of purchase proposals;

j) the communication network generating a product or service matrix from the processed data related to the plurality of offers and purchase proposals and generating a plurality of lots of purchase proposals based on the generated product or service matrix, wherein each of the plurality of lots of purchase proposals correspond to one of the plurality of models;

k) the communication network sending the matrix to the terminals of the plurality of sellers and monitoring, in real time, which one of the terminals of the plurality of sellers exchanges data with the communication network to take a new lot of the plurality of lots of purchase proposals,

wherein the respective lot is generated when the seller takes at least one purchase proposal, the lot being comprised by at least one purchase proposal taken by the seller and wherein said lot is determined by the range comprised by a minimum value (upset price) interesting to the seller and the highest value for the purchase proposals corresponding to his model auctioned.

25. The system according to claim 24, wherein the communication network is configured to determine the real price of the plurality of purchase proposals distributed per price range and the amount of products or services of the respective lot taken by the seller of the plurality of sellers.

26. The system according to claim 25, wherein:

the communication network disregards the plurality of purchase proposals sent by the terminals of the plurality of buyers who sent a purchase proposal lower than a minimum purchase proposal in the respective lot took by one of the plurality of sellers

the communication network disregards the plurality of purchase proposals of sent by the terminals of the plurality of buyers who sent purchase proposals for the other sellers of the plurality of sellers who did not take the respective lot.

27. The system according to claim 26, wherein terminals of the plurality of buyers who gave the plurality of purchase proposals included in the respective lot will purchase the product or service from the one seller of the plurality of sellers who took the respective lot.

28. The system according to claim 27, wherein the terminals of the plurality of buyers included in the purchased lot has taken the product or service from the one seller who took the lot by the price adjusted with application of the bonus in the plurality of purchase proposals given by the terminals of the respective buyer in the purchased lot.

29. The system according to claim 24, wherein the communication network is the Internet, where the managing system makes available to the terminals of the plurality of sellers and to the terminals of the plurality of buyers access to the communication network by means of a mobile or fixed terminal.

30. The system according to claim 24, wherein the managing system discloses to potential registered suppliers of complementary products or services related to the products and services that are the object of the auction with the respective specifications of the products and services put up for sale by the terminals of the plurality of sellers.

31. The system according to claim 30, wherein the managing system informs the potential registered suppliers of complementary products and services about the amount of products and services taken, so that they can present proposals to supply such products and services.

32. The system according to claim 31, wherein the managing system, after having received the offers of the suppliers of the products and services related to the products at auction sends such offers on to the terminals of the plurality of buyers, so that they will contract them since they present advantages relating to the volume of the products and services offered.

33. The system according to claim 32, wherein the plurality of buyers makes the option of contracting or purchasing the complementary products or services, negotiated in lot through notification to the managing system which, in turn, will pass them on to the suppliers of complementary products or services.

34. The system according to claim 30, wherein the suppliers of products or services are financing agents that offer financing services and that additionally are guarantors of the financing operation.

35. The system according to claim 34, wherein the potential suppliers of products or services may supply or incorporate complementary products to the products or services bought by the plurality of buyers.

36. The system according to claim 30, wherein the suppliers of products or services are insurance agents that provide insurance service and that additionally are guarantors of the conditions of use of the product.

37. The method according to claim 24, wherein at least two of the plurality of models have the same characteristics.

38. The method according to claim 24, wherein at least one of the plurality of models has different characteristics.

39. A system for performing a competition among a plurality of sellers during actions of an auction of products or services through a communication network, comprising:

terminals of a plurality of buyers and terminals of the plurality of sellers, the terminals of the plurality of buyers and the terminals of the plurality of sellers being connected to each other by means of the communication network,

the communication network being configured to receive, from the terminals of the plurality of sellers, a plurality of offers for the product or service and a plurality of purchase proposals from the terminals of the plurality of buyers for each one of the plurality of offers for the product or service, wherein the plurality of offers includes a model matching or close to the specification set by two or more of the plurality of sellers, for the same initial reference price,

the communication network compiling, in real time, so as to list individually or group all the proposals of the plurality of purchase proposals sent by the terminals of the plurality of buyers for each product or service offered by each of the terminals of the plurality of sellers according to the price range or unitary which each of the buyers of the plurality of buyers undertakes to pay for each product or service offered by each of the sellers of the plurality of sellers;

the communication network further being configured to store, in a database, the plurality of offers and the plurality of purchase proposals,

the communication network processing the plurality of offers and the plurality of purchase proposals,

the communication network generating a product or service matrix from the processed data related to the plurality of offers and purchase proposals and generating a plurality of lots of purchase proposals based on the generated product or service matrix, wherein each of the plurality of lots of purchase proposals correspond to one of the plurality of models;

the communication network sending the generated plurality of lots of purchase proposals to the terminals of the plurality of sellers and monitoring, in real time, which one of the terminals of the plurality of sellers exchanges data with the communication network to take a new lot of purchase proposals,

wherein the respective lot is generated when the seller takes at least one purchase proposal, the lot being comprised by at least one purchase proposal taken by the seller and wherein said lot is determined by the range comprised by a minimum value (upset price) interesting to one of the plurality of sellers and the highest price range the purchase proposals corresponding to his model auctioned of the lot,

wherein the communication network disregards all the purchase proposals of the plurality of purchase proposals sent by all the terminals of the plurality of buyers who sent the plurality of purchase proposals lower than the lowest price took by one of the terminals of the plurality of sellers,

wherein the communication network is configured to process and compile, listing individually or by grouping, the plurality of purchase proposals, determining the total of units included in the purchase proposals per nominal or range price for each of the plurality of sellers for the taken of the respective lot, the plurality of buyers of the respective lot being all those included in the range taken by one of the plurality of sellers who took the lot,

the plurality of purchase proposals of the prices of the respective lot is adjusted after definition of the lowest price the respective lot taken with a discount (bonus) previously defined by the managing system.

40. The system according to claim 39, wherein the discount to be applied after the lowest price range of the respective lot has been known is previously defined and disclosed by the managing system, prior to the start of the sale offer, to all the participants of the sale offer of the product or service.

41. The system according to claim 39, wherein the discount defined and disclosed before the auction is calculated by a percentage ranging from 0% to 100% at the discretion of the managing system, considering the market variables and for better efficiency and performance of the auction.

42. The system according to claim 39, wherein the discount is the result of the calculation:

(PRmin)+((1−

B %)*(PRL−

PRmin)), wherein;

PRmin corresponds to the upset price range or unit, defined and accepted by the seller of the product or service related to the lot;

B % corresponds to a bonus factor to be applied to the purchase proposals of the lot, equal or higher than the upset price, defined and accepted by the seller of the plurality of purchase proposals by the calculation, wherein the lowest upset price will be a fixed value, wherein B % may be configured as a reduction factor predetermined before the start of the auction by the managing system, and may range from 0% to 100%;

PRL corresponds to the purchase proposals within the highest price defined and accepted by the seller of the plurality of the plurality of purchase proposals in the taken lot to which the bonus factor is applied.