Method and apparatus for a selling service

• US 20040158502A1
• Filed: 01/23/2004
• Published: 08/12/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AuctionDrop, Inc. (Eco International LLC)
• Original Assignee: AuctionDrop, Inc. (Eco International LLC)
• Inventors: Adams, Randall C., Jeffrey, Andrew D.
• Application Number:
  US10/764,002
• Publication Number:
  US 20040158502A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0605 Supply or demand aggregation

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention is a selling service that includes: (a) accepting items to be sold from sellers; (b) generating data regarding the items; (c) formulating listings for the items; (d) transmitting the listings to a marketplace; and (e) providing items purchased in the marketplace.

Claims

1. A selling service that comprises:

accepting items to be sold from sellers at one or more inlets;

generating data regarding the items by evaluating the items and photographing the items;

formulating listings for the items by preparing text and combining the text with results of the evaluations and photographs, which listings include one or more sales criteria;

transmitting the listings to a marketplace;

receiving notifications of sales, including buyers'"'"' identities;

receiving payments from the buyers; and

sending items purchased to the buyers.

2. The selling service of claim 1 wherein the step of generating data includes entering the results of the evaluations and the photographs into a database.

3. The selling service of claim 2 wherein the step of transmitting the listings to a marketplace includes sending the listings over the Internet.

4. The selling service of claim 2 wherein the step of receiving notifications of sales includes receiving notifications over the Internet.