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Online commerce in buyer items with incidental free raffle tickets

  • US 20050171840A1
  • Filed: 01/30/2004
  • Published: 08/04/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An online commerce method performed by an online commerce entity which manages an online marketplace in which buyers purchase buyer items, the method comprising the steps of:

  • giving buyers raffle tickets at no charge incidental to their purchase in the online marketplace of buyer items which are not raffle tickets;

    listing online raffle items which are not raffle tickets;

    accepting raffle tickets submitted by buyers for listed raffle items;

    tracking which buyers submit raffle ticket(s) for each of a plurality of raffle items; and

    randomly selecting a raffle winner from among buyers who are participating in a given raffle, the winner being selected only if the level of raffle tickets submitted for participation in that raffle reaches a positive qualifying threshold.

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