METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PUBLISH A SELLER FIXED PRICE OFFER
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1. A network-based commerce system to facilitate operation of a network-based commerce system, and the network-based commerce system including:
- a processor coupled to a memory through a bus; and
an auction price-setting process executed from the memory by the processor to cause the processor to facilitate display of a reserve price of a listing an item in connection with an auction price-setting process to a seller, the seller being one of a plurality of sellers.
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Abstract
An auction method presents an auction price-setting process and a fixed price process for purchasing a seller'"'"'s offering to a buyer. The seller is provided with a mechanism to adjust and publish a seller fixed-price offer during the auction price-setting process.
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16 Claims
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1. A network-based commerce system to facilitate operation of a network-based commerce system, and the network-based commerce system including:
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a processor coupled to a memory through a bus; and
an auction price-setting process executed from the memory by the processor to cause the processor to facilitate display of a reserve price of a listing an item in connection with an auction price-setting process to a seller, the seller being one of a plurality of sellers.
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2. A network-based commerce system to facilitate a network-based auction price-setting process, the method including:
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a processor coupled to a memory through a bus; and
an auction price-setting process executed from the memory by the processor to cause the processor to communicate a plurality of at least one of a reserve price or a fixed-price offer within the context of the auction price-setting process, wherein a specific price is communicated to a specific buyer from a seller. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5)
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6. A network-based commerce system to facilitate operation of a network-based commerce system, and the method including:
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a means for facilitating display of a reserve price of a listing in connection with an auction price-setting process to a seller; and
a storage means, coupled to the means for facilitating, for storing the reserve price.
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7. A network-based commerce system including:
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a means for communicating a plurality of at least one of a reserve price and a fixed-price offer within the context of the auction price-setting process, wherein a specific price is communicated to a specific buyer from a seller; and
a storage means, coupled to the means for communicating, for storing the reserve price.
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8. A machine-readable medium having instructions to cause a machine to perform a method to facilitate operation of a network-based commerce system, and the method including:
facilitating display of a reserve price of a listing in connection with an auction price-setting process to a seller.
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9. A machine-readable medium having instructions to cause a machine to perform a method to facilitate a network-based auction price-setting process, the method including:
communicating a plurality of at least one of a reserve price or a fixed-price offer within the context of the auction price-setting process, wherein a specific price is communicated to a specific buyer from a seller. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A method to facilitate a network-based auction price-setting process, the method including:
communicating a plurality of at least one of a reserve price or a fixed-price offer within the context of the auction price-setting process, wherein a specific price is communicated to a specific buyer from a seller. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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