Efficient interface for configuring an electronic market
First Claim
1. An administrator interface for defining or configuring a market comprising:
- a first set of instructions for allowing an administrator to name and select a market; and
a second set of instructions for allowing said administrator to configure a set of attributes in a transaction of the market.
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Abstract
An administrator interface for defining or configuring a market via matching engine and corresponding market generation system. The interface includes a first set of instructions that allow an administrator to name and select a market of a certain market type. A second set of instructions allows the administrator to define or configure an attribute of an entity to be transacted in terms of one or more values associated with the attribute. Various possible market types include competitive market, exchange market, barter, reverse auction, consignment store, and trading post. The second set of instructions includes a mechanism for selectively associating an attribute of a product or service to be transacted via the market with a descriptor variable. Another mechanism facilitates configuring properties of the descriptor variable and associates the descriptor variable with one or more importance values. The administrator-specified importance values may be default importance values or seller importance values. Another mechanism lets an administrator define the descriptor variable as being discrete or continuous and enables the selection of an evaluation method for evaluating the descriptor variable during market operation.
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54 Claims
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1. An administrator interface for defining or configuring a market comprising:
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a first set of instructions for allowing an administrator to name and select a market; and
a second set of instructions for allowing said administrator to configure a set of attributes in a transaction of the market. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 51, 52)
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31. A method for configuring a market or internal allocation system comprising the steps of:
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employing a system administrator interface to adjust a configurator environment to accept market configuration input from a market administrator that is associated with said market;
using a market administrator interface to configure said market via said configuration input by specifying market behavior details; and
automatically integrating market configuration details, including said market behavior details, into an operational market via a market generation engine, said market generation engine in communication with said system administrator interface and said market administrator interface. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 53)
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37. A system for generating a matching-intensive website comprising:
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first means for indicating products and/or services to be sold via said website;
second means for providing a list of attributes associated with said products and/or services;
third means for selectively associating weights with said attributes; and
fourth means for automatically generating an website in accordance with said products and/or services, said list of attributes, and said weights.
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46. A system for configuring an efficient matching engine comprising:
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an administrator interface for selecting a market type, transaction type, whether items and/or services are to be matched, types of attributes to be associated with said items and/or services, and a first set of weights to be associated with said attributes and a user interface for allowing one or more users to specify and rank relative preferences of said attributes.
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54. An administrator interface for creating a user interface to be used to transact electronic commerce over a network, the administrator interface comprising
instructions for allowing a human operator to define a market type and instructions for allowing a human operator to define one or more attributes to be used in association with an item to be transacted via said market.
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