Methods and apparatus for enabling an electronic information marketplace
First Claim
1. A method for enabling an electronic information marketplace, the method comprising the steps of:
- collecting a request from a buyer for a requested information good;
analyzing the request to create additional information from the request;
collecting one or more offered information goods from one or more sellers;
analyzing each of the offered information goods to create additional information from the information good; and
matching the request with at least one of the offered information goods by matching the additional information from the request with the additional information from the at least one information good.
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Abstract
Techniques are provided for enabling an electronic information marketplace. Broadly, sellers and buyers can exchange information goods. The buyers request information goods and the sellers offer suitable information goods. One or more matches may occur between the requested and offered information goods. The information goods may be priced through any of a number of techniques, which include fixed and dynamic pricing methods. Importantly, requests and offerings can be annotated to help the matchmaking process. Additionally, concepts can be determined from the requested and offered information goods, which also facilitates the matchmaking. The matchmaking process itself can also determine inferences during matchmaking, which further improves the matchmaking.
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45 Claims
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1. A method for enabling an electronic information marketplace, the method comprising the steps of:
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collecting a request from a buyer for a requested information good;
analyzing the request to create additional information from the request;
collecting one or more offered information goods from one or more sellers;
analyzing each of the offered information goods to create additional information from the information good; and
matching the request with at least one of the offered information goods by matching the additional information from the request with the additional information from the at least one information good. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for enabling an electronic information marketplace, the system comprising:
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a memory that stores computer-readable code; and
a processor operatively coupled to the memory, the processor configured to implement the computer-readable code, the computer-readable code configured to;
collect a request from a buyer for a requested information good;
analyze the request to create additional information from the request;
collect one or more offered information goods from one or more sellers;
analyze each of the offered information goods to create additional information from the information good; and
match the request with at least one of the offered information goods by matching the additional information from the request with the additional information from the at least one information good. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a computer-readable medium having computer-readable code means embodied thereon, the computer-readable code means comprising;
a step to collect a request from a buyer for a requested information good;
a step to analyze the request to create additional information from the request;
a step to collect one or more offered information goods from one or more sellers;
a step to analyze each of the offered information goods to create additional information from the information good; and
a step to match the request with at least one of the offered information goods by matching the additional information from the request with the additional information from the at least one information good. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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