Publicly Accessible Deferred Purchasing System With Vendor Review Access To Deferred Purchase Requests
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1. A method for operating a publicly accessible purchasing system, the method comprising:
- receiving, on a receipt date, from a purchaser in a publicly accessible purchasing system, a deferred purchase request (“
DPR”
) for an item, the DPR representing an instruction to issue to a vendor on behalf of the purchaser a purchase order formulated according to detailed information provided as part of the DPR;
granting to vendors review access to DPRs;
receiving from a proposing vendor a proposal regarding a reviewed DPR;
selecting a vendor, in dependence upon the proposal; and
issuing a purchase order to the selected vendor for an item on a date subsequent to the receipt date.
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Abstract
Operating a publicly accessible purchasing system including receiving, on a receipt date, from a purchaser in a publicly accessible purchasing system, a deferred purchase request (“DPR”) for an item, granting to vendors review access to DPRs, receiving from a proposing vendor a proposal regarding a reviewed DPR, selecting a selected vendor, in dependence upon the proposal, and issuing a purchase order to the selected vendor for an item on a date subsequent to the receipt date.
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1. A method for operating a publicly accessible purchasing system, the method comprising:
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receiving, on a receipt date, from a purchaser in a publicly accessible purchasing system, a deferred purchase request (“
DPR”
) for an item, the DPR representing an instruction to issue to a vendor on behalf of the purchaser a purchase order formulated according to detailed information provided as part of the DPR;
granting to vendors review access to DPRs;
receiving from a proposing vendor a proposal regarding a reviewed DPR;
selecting a vendor, in dependence upon the proposal; and
issuing a purchase order to the selected vendor for an item on a date subsequent to the receipt date. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for operating a publicly accessible purchasing system, the system comprising:
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means for receiving, on a receipt date, from a purchaser in a publicly accessible purchasing system, a deferred purchase request (“
DPR”
) for an item, the DPR representing an instruction to issue to a vendor on behalf of the purchaser a purchase order formulated according to detailed information provided as part of the DPR;
means for granting to vendors review access to DPRs;
means for receiving from a proposing vendor a proposal regarding a reviewed DPR;
means for selecting a vendor, in dependence upon the proposal; and
means for issuing a purchase order to the selected vendor for an item on a date subsequent to the receipt date. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer program product for operating a publicly accessible purchasing system, the computer program product comprising:
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a recording medium;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving, on a receipt date, from a purchaser in a publicly accessible purchasing system, a deferred purchase request (“
DPR”
) for an item, the DPR representing an instruction to issue to a vendor on behalf of the purchaser a purchase order formulated according to detailed information provided as part of the DPR;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for granting to vendors review access to DPRs;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving from a proposing vendor a proposal regarding a reviewed DPR;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for selecting a vendor, in dependence upon the proposal; and
means, recorded on the recording medium, for issuing a purchase order to the selected vendor for an item on a date subsequent to the receipt date. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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