Community-based method and system for the sale of goods and services
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1. A method of selling a fixed quantity of a product during a fixed period of time, comprising:
- transmitting a first offer to sell the product to a community of buyers;
transmitting a first resale offer to sell a unit of the product to the community of buyers, wherein the first offer to sell and the first resale offer to sell expire no later than the fixed period of time expires.
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Abstract
A method and system for selling a fixed quantity of products (goods and/or services) during a fixed period of time is described. A first offer to sell the product is made to a community of buyers. Each sold unit of the product may be offered for resale until the fixed period of time expires. If the products are goods, once the fixed period of time expires, they are shipped to their current owners.
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34 Claims
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1. A method of selling a fixed quantity of a product during a fixed period of time, comprising:
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transmitting a first offer to sell the product to a community of buyers;
transmitting a first resale offer to sell a unit of the product to the community of buyers, wherein the first offer to sell and the first resale offer to sell expire no later than the fixed period of time expires. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of selling a fixed quantity of a product during a fixed period, the method comprising:
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transmitting an offer to sell the product to a community of buyers;
receiving a request from a member of the community of buyers to purchase a unit of the product;
determining a quantity of the product currently held;
determining a quantity of the product sold;
determining whether any units of the product are currently available for purchase based on the fixed quantity of the product, the quantity of the product currently held and the quantity of the product sold;
transmitting to the member a response to the request to purchase a unit of the product, wherein the response is based on whether any units the product are currently available for purchase. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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- 19. A system for selling a fixed quantity of a product, the system comprising a computer server programmed to transmit a first offer to sell the product to a community of buyers and transmit resale offers to sell the product to the community of buyers, wherein the first offer and the resale offers expire no later than a fixed period of time following a transmission of the first offer to sell to the community of buyers.
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26. A computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon for causing a computer to:
- (a) transmit a first offer to sell a fixed quantity of a product to a community of buyers; and
(b) transmit a first resale offer to sell a sold unit of the product to the community of buyers, wherein the first offer to sell and the first resale offer to sell expire no later than a fixed period of time following a transmission of the first offer to sell to the community of buyers. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
- (a) transmit a first offer to sell a fixed quantity of a product to a community of buyers; and
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29. A method of marketing a product having a retail price, comprising:
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offering a fixed quantity of the product for sale to a community of buyers at a discount price for no more than a fixed period of time;
selling at least one unit of the product in the fixed quantity of the product to a buyer in the community of buyers, thereby defining a sold product;
reselling the sold unit of the product at least once during the fixed period of time. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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31. A system for selling a fixed quantity of a product during a fixed period of time, the system comprising a computer server programmed to perform the following steps:
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transmit an offer to sell the product to a community of buyers;
receive a request from a member of the community of buyers to purchase a unit of the product;
determine a quantity of the product currently held;
determine a quantity of the product sold;
determine whether any units of the product are currently available for purchase based on the fixed quantity of the product, the quantity of the product currently held and the quantity of the product sold;
transmit to the member a response to the request to purchase a unit of the product, wherein the response is based on whether any units of the product are available for purchase. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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33. A system for selling a fixed quantity of a product comprising a computer server programmed to include:
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a purchase feature configured to receive requests to purchase the product during a fixed period of time;
a hold feature configured to receive requests to purchase an option to buy the product during an option period, wherein the option period expires no later than the fixed period of time expires.
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34. A system for selling a product, comprising a computer server programmed to include:
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a purchase feature configured to receive requests to purchase the product during a fixed period of time;
a turnaround feature configured to transmit offers to resell sold units of the product for a period of time that expires no later than the fixed period of time expires.
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