System and method for submitting an offer to purchase over a network-based commerce facility
First Claim
1. A method to facilitate a transaction in a network-based commerce facility, the method including:
- presenting a plurality of listings to a user;
monitoring selection of one of the plurality of listings by the user; and
providing the user with an indication of an equivalent periodic payment of a plurality of periodic payments associated with an offer to purchase.
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Abstract
A system and method to facilitate a transaction in a network-based commerce facility is provided. The method includes presenting a plurality of listings to a user, and monitoring selection of one of the plurality of listings by the user. Thereafter, the user is provided with an indication of an equivalent periodic payment of a plurality of periodic payments associated with an offer to purchase. In one embodiment, the user is provided with an option to conclude the transaction for the selected listing based on a plurality of periodic payments. In certain embodiments, the network-based commerce facility is a web-based auction facility where the offers are in the form of bids. Accordingly, in this embodiment, the periodic payment may be a monthly payment and the products are movable goods such as motor vehicle, motorcycles, watercraft, or the like.
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36 Claims
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1. A method to facilitate a transaction in a network-based commerce facility, the method including:
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presenting a plurality of listings to a user;
monitoring selection of one of the plurality of listings by the user; and
providing the user with an indication of an equivalent periodic payment of a plurality of periodic payments associated with an offer to purchase. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions to facilitate a transaction in a network-based commerce facility, the instructions when executed causing the machine to:
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present a plurality of listings to a user;
monitor selection of one of the plurality of listings by the user; and
provide the user with an indication of an equivalent periodic payment of a plurality of periodic payments associated with an offer to purchase. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system to facilitate a transaction in a network-based commerce facility, the system including:
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a database including a plurality of listings; and
at least one server to;
selectively present the plurality of listings to a user;
monitor selection of one of the plurality of listings by the user; and
provide the user with an indication of an equivalent periodic payment of a plurality of periodic payments associated with an offer to purchase. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A system to facilitate a transaction in a network-based commerce facility, the system including:
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means for storing a plurality of listings;
means for selectively presenting the plurality of listings to a user;
means for monitoring selection of one of the plurality of listings by the user; and
means for providing the user with an indication of an equivalent periodic payment of a plurality of periodic payments associated with an offer to purchase.
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