SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING A TRANSACTION BY MATCHING SELLER INFORMATION AND BUYER INFORMATION
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided to facilitate a transaction between a seller and a buyer. According to one embodiment, seller offer information is received at a controller. The seller offer information is associated with an item, such as a secondary market item, being offered for sale by a seller. Buyer offer information, associated with a buyer offering to make a purchase, is also received. An evaluation rule is determined, and the seller offer information and the buyer offer information are matched based on the evaluation rule. It is then arranged for the seller to sell the item to the buyer. According to another embodiment, an appropriate item price is determined based on the seller offer information. Information associated with the appropriate item price is transmitted to the seller, and an actual item price is determined. According to another embodiment, a subsidy is determined, the subsidy being associated with a benefit from a subsidy provider to be applied to the transaction. In this case, it is arranged for the seller to provide the item to the buyer in accordance with the benefit. A seller offer and/or a buyer offer may be binding, and a penalty may be applied if a seller and/or a buyer does not complete a transaction.
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Citations
137 Claims
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1-108. -108. (canceled)
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109. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by a controller, buyer information indicative of a product desired to be purchased by a buyer;
determining, by the controller, seller information indicative of a plurality of products offered for sale by a plurality of sellers;
determining, by the controller, that the product desired to be purchased by the buyer does not match any of the plurality of products offered for sale by the plurality of sellers;
storing the buyer information;
receiving, by the controller, after the determination that no match exists, additional seller information indicative of an additional product offered for sale by a seller;
matching, by the controller, the product desired to be purchased by the buyer to the additional product offered for sale by the seller;
providing an indication of the match to the buyer; and
automatically charging the buyer, based upon a credit card identifier associated with the buyer, for the additional product offered for sale by the seller. - View Dependent Claims (110, 111)
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112. A method, comprising:
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receiving buyer information indicative of a product desired to be purchased by a buyer;
searching, by a controller, through a plurality of seller database records associated with products offered for sale by sellers, for a seller database record that corresponds to the buyer information;
determining, based on the searching, that no seller database record corresponds to the buyer information;
receiving, after the determination that no seller database record corresponds to the buyer information, additional buyer information defining a commitment of the buyer to purchase the desired product, wherein the additional buyer information is indicative of;
a quality associated with the desired product; and
a maximum price that the buyer commits to pay for the desired product;
creating, after the receiving of the additional buyer information, a new seller database record associated with a specific product offered for sale by a specific seller;
determining, by the controller, upon the occurrence of a pre-determined event, that the additional buyer information corresponds to the new seller database record; and
automatically charging the buyer for the specific product. - View Dependent Claims (113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137)
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