Systems and methods for providing transferable item prices
First Claim
1. A method of facilitating a transaction, comprising:
- determining a first transaction involving a first consumer and a merchant;
determining a transferable item price established between the first consumer and the merchant during the first transaction;
associating the transferable item price with the first consumer; and
determining, via a computing device, that the first consumer has transferred the transferable item price to a second consumer who was not involved in the first transaction, thereby determining that the second consumer is entitled to purchase, in a second transaction, an item in exchange for payment of an amount based on the transferable item price.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided to associate a transferable item price with a first consumer and to determine that a second consumer is entitled to purchase an item in exchange for payment of an amount based on the transferable item price. In one embodiment, the first consumer arranges to purchase an item at a first price. The merchant transmits a transferable item price code to the first consumer. The first consumer sends the transferable item price code to the second consumer, such as by including the transferable item price code in an e-mail message. The second consumer transmits the transferable item price code to the merchant to establish that he or she is entitled to purchase the item at the first price.
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59 Claims
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1. A method of facilitating a transaction, comprising:
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determining a first transaction involving a first consumer and a merchant;
determining a transferable item price established between the first consumer and the merchant during the first transaction;
associating the transferable item price with the first consumer; and
determining, via a computing device, that the first consumer has transferred the transferable item price to a second consumer who was not involved in the first transaction, thereby determining that the second consumer is entitled to purchase, in a second transaction, an item in exchange for payment of an amount based on the transferable item price. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. An apparatus for facilitating a transaction, comprising:
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a processor; and
a storage device in communication with said processor and storing instructions adapted to be executed by said processor to;
determine a first transaction involving a first consumer and a merchant;
determine a transferable item price established between the first consumer and the merchant during the first transaction;
associate the transferable item price with the first consumer; and
determine that the first consumer has transferred the transferable item price to a second consumer who was not involved in the first transaction, thereby determining that the second consumer is entitled to purchase, during a second transaction, an item in exchange for payment of an amount based on the transferable item price. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58)
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59. A medium storing instructions adapted to be executed by a processor to perform a method of facilitating a transaction, said method comprising:
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determining a first transaction involving a first consumer and a merchant;
determining a transferable item price established between the first consumer and the merchant during the first transaction;
associating the transferable item price with the first consumer; and
determining that the first consumer has transferred the transferable item price to a second consumer who was not involved in the first transaction, thereby determining that the second consumer is entitled to purchase, during a second transaction, an item in exchange for payment of an amount based on the transferable item price.
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