INTERACTIVE DEMAND MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating an auction of a travel service comprising:
- accepting a bid from a vendor to provide said travel service to a first consumer and a second consumer based on an ability of said vendor to provide said travel service within a predefined threshold defined within first consumer rules, first organization rules, second consumer rules, and second organization rules;
wherein said first consumer and said second consumer are associated with a subset of consumer itineraries;
wherein said first consumer rules relate to at least one of;
first consumer departure time, first consumer arrival time, first consumer airport pair, first consumer class, and first consumer seating;
wherein said first organization rules relate to at least one of;
first organization departure time, first organization arrival time, first organization airport pair, first organization class, and first organization seating;
wherein said second consumer rules relate to at least one of;
second consumer departure time, second consumer arrival time, second consumer airport pair, second consumer class, and second consumer seating;
wherein said second organization rules relate to at least one of;
second organization departure time, second organization arrival time, second organization airport pair, second organization class, and second organization seating; and
,verifying that said bid is in accordance with said predefined threshold defined within said first consumer rules, said first organization rules, said second consumer rules, and said second organization rules.
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Abstract
A system and method is disclosed which allows the aggregation of the demands of various buyers, providing an incentive for suppliers to bid to supply those demands in an auction. The system and method operates by scanning a database which contains a listing of goods or services sought by various people or entities. Thereafter, similar goods or services are grouped together and presented to various vendors. The vendors are given the opportunity to bid on the group of similar goods or services. Such a bid may vary from the originally purchased goods or services as long as the bid is within a predetermined range. The vendor which presents the optimum bid within a predetermined period of time is selected as the provider of the goods or services and proceeds to supply the goods or services at the bid upon amount.
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Citations
20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating an auction of a travel service comprising:
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accepting a bid from a vendor to provide said travel service to a first consumer and a second consumer based on an ability of said vendor to provide said travel service within a predefined threshold defined within first consumer rules, first organization rules, second consumer rules, and second organization rules; wherein said first consumer and said second consumer are associated with a subset of consumer itineraries; wherein said first consumer rules relate to at least one of;
first consumer departure time, first consumer arrival time, first consumer airport pair, first consumer class, and first consumer seating;wherein said first organization rules relate to at least one of;
first organization departure time, first organization arrival time, first organization airport pair, first organization class, and first organization seating;wherein said second consumer rules relate to at least one of;
second consumer departure time, second consumer arrival time, second consumer airport pair, second consumer class, and second consumer seating;wherein said second organization rules relate to at least one of;
second organization departure time, second organization arrival time, second organization airport pair, second organization class, and second organization seating; and
,verifying that said bid is in accordance with said predefined threshold defined within said first consumer rules, said first organization rules, said second consumer rules, and said second organization rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-readable having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, said plurality of instructions comprising:
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instructions to accept a bid from a vendor to provide a travel service to a first consumer and a second consumer based on an ability of said vendor to provide said travel service within a predefined threshold defined within first consumer rules, first organization rules, second consumer rules, and second organization rules; wherein said first consumer and said second consumer are associated with a subset of consumer itineraries; wherein said first consumer rules relate to at least one of;
first consumer departure time, first consumer arrival time, first consumer airport pair, first consumer class, and first consumer seating;wherein said first organization rules relate to at least one of;
first organization departure time, first organization arrival time, first organization airport pair, first organization class, and first organization seating;wherein said second consumer rules relate to at least one of;
second consumer departure time, second consumer arrival time, second consumer airport pair, second consumer class, and second consumer seating;wherein said second organization rules relate to at least one of;
second organization departure time, second organization arrival time, second organization airport pair, second organization class, and second organization seating; and
,instructions to verify that said bid is in accordance with said predefined threshold defined within said first consumer rules, said first organization rules, said second consumer rules, and said second organization rules.
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20. A computer-implemented method for providing a bid to an auction of a travel service comprising:
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submitting a bid to provide said travel service to a first consumer and a second consumer based on an ability to provide said travel service within a predefined threshold defined within first consumer rules, first organization rules, second consumer rules, and second organization rules; wherein said first consumer and said second consumer are associated with a subset of consumer itineraries; wherein said first consumer rules relate to at least one of;
first consumer departure time, first consumer arrival time, first consumer airport pair, first consumer class, and first consumer seating;wherein said first organization rules relate to at least one of;
first organization departure time, first organization arrival time, first organization airport pair, first organization class, and first organization seating;wherein said second consumer rules relate to at least one of;
second consumer departure time, second consumer arrival time, second consumer airport pair, second consumer class, and second consumer seating;wherein said second organization rules relate to at least one of;
second organization departure time, second organization arrival time, second organization airport pair, second organization class, and second organization seating; and
,receiving verification that said bid is in accordance with said predefined threshold defined within said first consumer rules, said first organization rules, said second consumer rules, and said second organization rules.
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