Method and system to enable a fixed price purchase within an online auction environment
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1. A method of facilitating an electronic transaction, the method comprising:
- presenting, via a first computer system, both an auction purchase process and a fixed-price purchase process for purchase of an offering to a buyer; and
responsive to receipt of a bid from the buyer as part of the auction purchase process, removing presentation of the fixed-price purchase process.
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Abstract
A method of allowing a seller in an auction facility to offer buyers the option of buying an offering at a pre-auction seller determined price or using a regular auction process. If a buyer is given the option to purchase at the seller determined price and decides to use the regular auction process by submitting a bid, the option to buy the offering at a pre-auction seller determined price is discontinued.
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29 Claims
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1. A method of facilitating an electronic transaction, the method comprising:
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presenting, via a first computer system, both an auction purchase process and a fixed-price purchase process for purchase of an offering to a buyer; and
responsive to receipt of a bid from the buyer as part of the auction purchase process, removing presentation of the fixed-price purchase process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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receiving an offering'"'"'s selling information from a seller including an offering description, an indication whether to allow a buyer a chance to buy the offering at a pre-auction seller determined price, and if the indication to allow the buyer the chance to buy the offering at the pre-auction seller determined price is affirmative, the pre-auction seller determined price;
receiving purchase information from the buyer including either;
(1) an affirmative indication to purchase the offering at the pre-auction seller determined price if a seller has given affirmative indication to allow the buyer the chance to buy the offering at the pre-auction seller determined price;
or (2) a desired bid the buyer will buy the offering at;
determining a successful buyer comprising;
if an affirmative indication to purchase the offering at the pre-auction seller determined price is received from the buyer and no bids have been accepted for the offering, the buyer, having given affirmative indication, is the successful buyer;
if multiple buyers submit bidding information and the highest bid does not equal any of the other highest possible bids, the buyer with the highest bid is the successful buyer; and
determining a successful bid price to be paid by the successful buyer comprising;
if the affirmative indication to purchase the offering at the pre-auction seller determined price is received from the buyer on an offering who'"'"'s seller has given an affirmative indication to allow the buyer the chance to purchase the offering at a pre-auction seller determined price, the successful bid price is the pre-auction seller determined price; and
if multiple buyers bid, the bid equals the highest bid. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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receiving offering information from a plurality of sellers at a computer-based transaction facility;
organizing the offering information into predetermined categories;
receiving a category selection from a buyer at the computer-based transaction facility;
automatically displaying a list of offering information in the selected category, with a visual indicator appearing in association with a respective offering if a seller of the offering has given affirmative indication to allow a buyer a chance to buy the first offering at a pre-auction seller determined price. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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23. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions,
which when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform: -
receiving an offering'"'"'s selling information from a seller including a offering description, an indication whether to allow a buyer a chance to buy the offering at a pre-auction seller determined price, and, if the indication to allow the buyer the chance to buy the offering at the pre-auction seller determined price is affirmative, the pre-auction seller determined price;
receiving purchase information from the buyer including either an affirmative indication to purchase the offering at the pre-auction seller determined price if a seller has given affirmative indication to allow the buyer the chance to buy the offering at the pre-auction seller determined price or a desired bid and a highest possible bid the buyer will buy the offering at;
determining a successful buyer comprising;
if the affirmative indication to purchase the offering at the pre-auction seller determined price is received from the buyer and no bids have been accepted for the offering, the buyer, haven given affirmative indication, is the successful buyer; and
if multiple buyers submit bidding information and the highest possible bid does not equal any of the other highest possible bids, the buyer with the highest possible bid is the successful buyer;
determining a successful bid price to be paid by the successful buyer comprising;
if the affirmative indication to purchase the offering at the pre-auction seller determined price is received from the buyer on a offering who'"'"'s seller has given the affirmative indication to allow the buyer the chance to purchase the offering at a pre-auction seller determined price, the successful bid price is the pre-auction seller determined price; and
if multiple buyers bid, the bid equals the highest bid.
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