Method and device for operating an online shop with customized price generation
First Claim
1. A method for operating an online shop with a customized price feature comprising:
- receiving a customer identification (10) from a customer;
receiving data representing a non-binding order (12) from said customer;
generating a price offer in response to said non-binding order and sending data representing said received non-binding order together with said price offer (16) to said customer;
receiving a rejection of said price offer (18) from said customer;
characterized by receiving a bid price related to said order (20) from said customer;
determining a lowest acceptable price (22) for the present customer-order combination, on the basis of at least available stock data and available customer-history data;
accepting said bid price, if said bid price exceeds said determined lowest acceptable price; and
sending a confirmation (28) for said order to said customer.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and device for operating an online shop with a possibility for a customized price generation. The method according to the present invention comprises receiving a customer-identification (10), receiving a non-binding order (12) generating and sending a price offer for said non-binding order (16). The method further comprises receiving a rejection of said price offer (18) and receiving a bid price for said order (20). The method further comprises determining a lowest acceptable price for present customer-order combination (22), based on available actual-stock data and based on customer-history data and accepting said bid price (24), if said bid price exceeds said determined lowest acceptable price; and sending a confirmation for said order (28).
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10 Claims
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1. A method for operating an online shop with a customized price feature comprising:
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receiving a customer identification (10) from a customer;
receiving data representing a non-binding order (12) from said customer;
generating a price offer in response to said non-binding order and sending data representing said received non-binding order together with said price offer (16) to said customer;
receiving a rejection of said price offer (18) from said customer;
characterized by receiving a bid price related to said order (20) from said customer;
determining a lowest acceptable price (22) for the present customer-order combination, on the basis of at least available stock data and available customer-history data;
accepting said bid price, if said bid price exceeds said determined lowest acceptable price; and
sending a confirmation (28) for said order to said customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An online shop server with an integrated price determination system comprising:
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a processing unit (82) for processing online shop data and customer interaction data;
a network interface (84) connected to said processing unit (82) and connectable to a data network (96), for sending to and receiving from a customer device (98), customer interaction data including binding and non-binding orders, customer data, price offers, bid prices and rejection of said price offers and alternate price offers, respectively;
a customer identification component (86) connected to said network interface and to said processing unit;
a customer identification database (87) connected to said customer identification component (86), to store customer identifications;
a stock database (88), connected to said processing unit to store actual stock data, wherein said processing unit (82) is configured to generate price offers according to received non-binding orders, and wherein said processing unit (82) is connected to said stock database (88) to provide an automated inventory administration;
characterized by a customer-history database (90) connected to said processing unit (82);
a component for determining (92) a lowest acceptable price for a customer-order combination, connected to said processing unit (82), to said stock database (88), and to said customer-history database (90);
a component for accepting/rejecting (94) a received bid price, connected to said component for determining (92) a lowest acceptable price, and to said processing unit (82), for accepting a bid price received from a customer for an order. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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