System, method and program product for improving broker's profits in electronic commerce
First Claim
1. A method of brokering sales between parties, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) receiving request for broker'"'"'s services from a client;
b) requesting transactional information from said client for said brokered services;
c) constructing a client transactional model from said received parameters, said client transactional model indicating a likelihood of said client'"'"'s participation in a transaction;
d) identifying potential second parties to said transaction; and
e) eliciting participants to said transaction from said identified second parties, whereby said transaction is structured to maximize spread.
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Abstract
A method, system and program product for brokering sales between parties. An interested party or client, such as a buyer or a seller, requests broker'"'"'s services. The requesting client provides transactional information to the broker system. A transactional model is constructed for the client from the received parameters. The client transactional model indicates the client'"'"'s likelihood of participation in a particular transaction. Potential second parties to the transaction, i.e., sellers or buyers, are identified. A proposed transaction is structured to maximize spread. The proposed transaction is offered to both the client and the second parties.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of brokering sales between parties, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving request for broker'"'"'s services from a client;
b) requesting transactional information from said client for said brokered services;
c) constructing a client transactional model from said received parameters, said client transactional model indicating a likelihood of said client'"'"'s participation in a transaction;
d) identifying potential second parties to said transaction; and
e) eliciting participants to said transaction from said identified second parties, whereby said transaction is structured to maximize spread. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product brokering sales, said computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code thereon, said computer readable program code comprising:
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computer readable program code means for receiving request for broker'"'"'s services from a client;
computer readable program code means for requesting transactional information from said client for said brokered services;
computer readable program code means for constructing a client transactional model from said received parameters, said client transactional model indicating a likelihood of said client'"'"'s participation in a transaction;
computer readable program code means for identifying potential second parties to said transaction; and
computer readable program code means for eliciting participants to said transaction from said identified second parties, whereby said transaction is structured to maximize spread. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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13. A system for brokering sales between parties, said system comprising:
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means for receiving request for broker'"'"'s services from a client;
means for requesting transactional information from said client for said brokered services;
means for constructing a client transactional model from said received parameters, said client transactional model indicating a likelihood of said client'"'"'s participation in a transaction;
means for identifying potential second parties to said transaction; and
means for eliciting participants to said transaction from said identified second parties, whereby said transaction is structured to maximize spread.
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