Introducing a fixed-price transaction mechanism in conjunction with an auction transaction mechanism
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1. A network-based commerce system including:
- a processor coupled to a memory through a bus; and
a fixed price-setting process executed from the memory by the processor to cause the processor to facilitate the operation of a network-based auction price setting process for a listing of an item, to provide a fixed price offer for the item and to publish the fixed-price offer on the listing based on a criteria.
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Abstract
An auction price-setting method to present an auction price-setting process and a fixed price process to provide a fixed price offer for an item and to publish the fixed price offer on a listing based on a criteria.
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28 Claims
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1. A network-based commerce system including:
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a processor coupled to a memory through a bus; and
a fixed price-setting process executed from the memory by the processor to cause the processor to facilitate the operation of a network-based auction price setting process for a listing of an item, to provide a fixed price offer for the item and to publish the fixed-price offer on the listing based on a criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A network-based commerce system including:
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a means for facilitating the operation of a network-based auction price setting process for a listing of an item;
a means for providing a fixed price offer for the item; and
a means for publishing the fixed-price offer on the listing based on a criteria. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A machine-readable medium having instructions to cause a machine to perform a method to facilitate operation of a network-based commerce system, the method including:
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facilitating the operation of a network-based auction price setting process for a listing of an item;
providing a fixed price offer for the item; and
publishing the fixed-price offer on the listing based on a criteria. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method to facilitate operation of a network-based commerce system, the method including:
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facilitating the operation of a network-based auction price setting process for a listing of an item;
providing a fixed price offer for the item; and
publishing the fixed-price offer on the listing based on a criteria. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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