Electronic real estate bartering system
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Abstract
A real estate bartering system implements barters between a plurality of parties each having one or more classes of items available for barter. Preferably, barter orders are created by designating a selected quantity of a first class of items to be bartered, designating a date range for transferring title of the first class items to be bartered, designating a barter value of the first class of items to be bartered, and designating a second class of items to be acquired. Barter orders are posted via the Internet to a barter database and may be displayed via the Internet. Posted barter orders whose first class of items match the second class of items of a barterer'"'"'s order are preferably displayed. Posted barter orders from the display are selected to effectuate a barter transaction which combines a barterer'"'"'s barter order with the selected posted order(s).
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20 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A computer-implemented method for exchanging a first real estate item for a second real estate item comprising:
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identifying for exchange a first real estate item owned by a first user;
designating criteria associated with an exchange of the first real estate item for a second real estate item owned by a second user;
requesting a list of real estate items including the second real estate item, each real estate item in the list meeting the criteria associated with the exchange;
selecting the second real estate item for exchange; and
receiving a confirmation of the exchange.
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3. A computer-implemented method for exchanging real estate items comprising:
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receiving an identification of a first real estate item owned by a first user offered for exchange;
receiving criteria associated with an exchange of the first real estate item for a second real estate item owned by a second user;
generating a list of real estate items including the second real estate item, each barter item in the list meeting the criteria associated with the exchange;
receiving a selection of the second real estate item for exchange; and
transmitting a confirmation of the exchange to the first and second users. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-implemented method for exchanging a plurality of real estate items among a plurality of users, the method comprising:
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identifying for exchange the plurality of real estate items, each real estate item owned by a distinct user;
identifying a first criteria associated with each real estate item;
identifying a second criteria associated with each user;
matching the first criteria with the second criteria to determine a plurality of exchanges; and
transmitting confirmation of the plurality of exchanges to each user. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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