System and method for multi-channel retail auction
First Claim
1. A system for conducting an auction, comprising:
- a plurality of mobile devices, each mobile device including a data reading arrangement for reading from products product identifier data and a data transmission arrangement for transmitting product selection data, the product selection data including product identifier data read from a product, customer identifier data corresponding to a customer controlling the mobile device and desired transaction data; and
a server communicating with a product database, the server receiving the product selection data and, for each selected product, comparing product selection data received from the customers to determine, based on information stored in the product database, whether the product selection data received from one or more customers meets predetermined sale criteria.
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Abstract
Described are a system and method for conducting an auction. The system may include a plurality of mobile devices and a server. Each mobile device may include a data reading arrangement (e.g., a barcode reader) for reading from products product identifier data and a data transmission arrangement (e.g., a modem or a wireless modem) for transmitting product selection data including product identifier data read from a product, customer identifier data corresponding to a customer controlling the mobile device and desired transaction data (e.g., a price). The server communicates with a product database where the server stores the product selection data. For each selected product, the server compares product selection data received from the customers to determine, based on information stored in the product database, whether the product selection data received from one or more customers meets predetermined sale criteria.
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26 Claims
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1. A system for conducting an auction, comprising:
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a plurality of mobile devices, each mobile device including a data reading arrangement for reading from products product identifier data and a data transmission arrangement for transmitting product selection data, the product selection data including product identifier data read from a product, customer identifier data corresponding to a customer controlling the mobile device and desired transaction data; and
a server communicating with a product database, the server receiving the product selection data and, for each selected product, comparing product selection data received from the customers to determine, based on information stored in the product database, whether the product selection data received from one or more customers meets predetermined sale criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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18. A method of conducting an auction, comprising the steps of:
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providing to a plurality of customers product scanning devices for reading and storing product identifier data from products;
receiving at a server selected product data along with desired transaction data from the corresponding customer, wherein the selected product data includes product identifier data from scanned products and customer identifier data from the product scanning devices;
accessing, based on the selected product data, information corresponding to the scanned products; and
comparing the received selected product and desired transaction data to the accessed information corresponding to the scanned products and to predetermined transaction data to determine whether the desired transaction data from one or more customers meets predetermined transaction criteria.
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26. A device for conducting an auction, comprising:
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an input/output (“
I/O”
) arrangement obtaining product selection data and customer identifier data corresponding to a customer controlling the scanning device;
a data reading arrangement reading product identifier data from products; and
a communicating arrangement transmitting selected product data including the product selection data, the product identifier data and the customer identifier data;
wherein the server accesses, based on the selected product data, information corresponding to the scanned products, the server comparing the received selected product and desired transaction data to the accessed information corresponding to the scanned products and to predetermined transaction data to determine whether the desired transaction data from one or more customers meets predetermined transaction criteria.
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