TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A transaction management system for managing the purchase of products and/or services by a buyer from sellers, the system comprising:
- a data store for storing seller data comprising, for each of a plurality of sellers, a seller indentifier and seller offer data indicating at least one product and/or service offered for sale;
a program store storing processor implementable instructions; and
a processor coupled to the data store and to the program store fro implementing the stored instruction, wherein the stored instructions comprise instructions for controlling the processor to;
implement a buyer interface to received a purchase inquiry from a buyer, the purchase inquiry comprising purchase criteria for a plurality of product and/or service requirements including timing and/or geographical relationships there between;
output seller offer data for a plurality of groups of sellers, the sellers of each group together being able to meet the purchase criteria for the plurality of product and/or service requirements; and
receive a purchase request from the buyer accepting said offers of the products and/or services from one of the groups of sellers.
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Abstract
A transaction management system manages the purchase of products and/or services by a buyer from sellers. The system comprises: (a) a data store for storing seller data comprising, for each of a plurality of sellers, a seller identifier and seller offer data indicating at least one product and/or service offered for sale (b) a program store storing processor implementable instructions; and (c) a processor coupled to the data store and to the program store for implementing the stored instructions.
Within the program store the stored instructions comprise instructions for controlling the processor to (a) implement a buyer interface to receive a purchase inquiry from a buyer, the purchase inquiry comprising purchase criteria for a plurality of product and/or service requirements including timing and/or geographical relationships therebetween (b) output seller offer data for a plurality of groups of sellers, the sellers of each group together being able to meet the purchase criteria for the plurality of product and/or service requirements; and (c) receive a purchase request from the buyer accepting said offers of the products and/or services from one of the groups of sellers.
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54 Claims
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1. A transaction management system for managing the purchase of products and/or services by a buyer from sellers, the system comprising:
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a data store for storing seller data comprising, for each of a plurality of sellers, a seller indentifier and seller offer data indicating at least one product and/or service offered for sale; a program store storing processor implementable instructions; and a processor coupled to the data store and to the program store fro implementing the stored instruction, wherein the stored instructions comprise instructions for controlling the processor to; implement a buyer interface to received a purchase inquiry from a buyer, the purchase inquiry comprising purchase criteria for a plurality of product and/or service requirements including timing and/or geographical relationships there between; output seller offer data for a plurality of groups of sellers, the sellers of each group together being able to meet the purchase criteria for the plurality of product and/or service requirements; and receive a purchase request from the buyer accepting said offers of the products and/or services from one of the groups of sellers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of managing the purchase of products and/or services by a buyer from sellers, the method comprising:
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storing in a data store seller data comprising, for each of a plurality of sellers, a seller identifier and seller offer data indicating at least one product and/or service offered for sale; implementing a buyer interface to receive a purchase inquiry from a buyer, the purchase inquiry comprising purchase criteria for a plurality of product and/or service requirements including timing and/or geographical relationships there between; outputting seller offer data for a plurality of groups of sellers, the sellers of each group together being able to meet the purchase criteria for the plurality of product and/or service requirements; and receiving a purchase receipt from the buyer accepting said offers of the products and/or services from one of the groups of sellers. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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