System and method for accelerating convergence between buyers and sellers of products
First Claim
1. A method for reducing a distance between an understanding and an expectation of a buyer and seller for a price of a particular product that is offered for sale, comprising:
- initiating, at a direct sale module of an application server, a competitive bidding process among sellers for a right to upload the particular product to a database for sale, said product descriptions having a minimum required price;
uploading the particular product to the database from the seller which won the competitive bidding process to the right to upload the particular product;
receiving purchase offers from buyers for the uploaded particular product at the direct sale module of the application server; and
providing the particular product to the buyer via the direct sale module of the application server based on a purchase offer equaling the minimum required price for the particular product.
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Abstract
A system and method for reducing the distance of the understanding and expectation between a buyer and seller for a price of a particular product that is offered for sale. The system and method permit buyer to use their volume purchase power to lower the price of demanded product, and pay only the fair market value of the product in that the price is much lower than the price expectation or requirement of the buyer. Conversely, the system and method permit sellers to reach a targeted market in which a group of buyers are available for desired product. The seller is provided with the benefits associated with low cost competition by reducing the distribution cost and increasing the operation efficiency, such as increased inventory turnover rate, based on the advantages associated with volume sales.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for reducing a distance between an understanding and an expectation of a buyer and seller for a price of a particular product that is offered for sale, comprising:
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initiating, at a direct sale module of an application server, a competitive bidding process among sellers for a right to upload the particular product to a database for sale, said product descriptions having a minimum required price; uploading the particular product to the database from the seller which won the competitive bidding process to the right to upload the particular product; receiving purchase offers from buyers for the uploaded particular product at the direct sale module of the application server; and providing the particular product to the buyer via the direct sale module of the application server based on a purchase offer equaling the minimum required price for the particular product. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for reducing a distance between an understanding and an expectation of a buyer and seller for a price of a particular product that is offered for sale, comprising:
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accumulating, at an auction sale module of an application server, purchase offers from buyers which are less than a minimum required price for the particular product, the purchase offers being accumulated and grouped as a price range in a price stack of the auction sale module, the price range being adjustable in accordance with a price level of the particular product and a distance between the expectation of buyers; monitoring purchase offers from the buyers at the auction sale module of the application server to determine a level of demand for the particular product; adjusting a time interval of an auction window at the application server based on the level of demand for the particular product; and providing an auction result to buyers to permit the buyers to provide revised purchase offers for the particular product. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An application server configured to reduce a distance between an understanding and an expectation of a buyer and seller for a price of a particular product that is offered for sale, the application server comprising:
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a direct sale module configured to initiate a competitive bidding process among sellers for a right to upload the particular product to a database for sale, said product descriptions having a minimum required price; wherein the direct sale module is additionally configured to receive purchase offers from buyers for the particular product uploaded to the database and provide the particular product to a buyer based on a purchase offer equaling the minimum required price for the particular product. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. An application server configured to reduce a distance between an understanding and an expectation of a buyer and seller for a price of a particular product that is offered for sale, the application server comprising:
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an auction sale module configured to accumulate purchase offers from buyers which are less than a minimum required price for the particular product, the purchase offers being accumulated and grouped as a price range in a price stack of the auction sale module, the price range being adjustable in accordance with a price level of the particular product and a distance between the expectation of buyers; wherein the auction sale module is additionally configured to monitor purchase offers from the buyers to determine a level of demand for the particular product, adjust a time interval of an auction window based on the level of demand for the particular product and provide an auction result to buyers to permit the buyers to provide revised purchase offers for the particular product. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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