Pooled Transaction System
First Claim
1. A method of transacting sales over a computerized network, the method comprising the steps of:
- defining a first product desired to be purchased by a plurality of first purchasers;
calculating a first commitment price;
correlating in a first database record the first product and the first purchasers;
identifying a time rate at which said step of correlating in a first database record is performed;
further correlating in respective ones of a plurality of first database records the first product and respective ones of a plurality of second purchasers;
issuing an offer to a vendor to purchase the first product at a first offer price in a quantity responsive to a number of first database records; and
consummating a transaction between the vendor and the first and second purchasers.
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Abstract
A method of transacting sales over a computerized network correlates in a first database record the first product and the first purchaser to form a pool; further correlates a plurality of second purchasers; issues an offer to a vendor to purchase the first product at a first offer price; and consummates a transaction between the vendor and the first and second purchasers. A first commitment price is calculated in response to a time rate of the filling of the pool. The first commitment price may be responsive to historical sales performance of the first product; a price trend of an article similar to the first article; or a price trend of the first article itself over time. A second product desired to be purchased by a first purchaser is defined. An offer is made to a vendor to purchase the second product. A consolidated report is presented to the purchaser.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of transacting sales over a computerized network, the method comprising the steps of:
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defining a first product desired to be purchased by a plurality of first purchasers; calculating a first commitment price; correlating in a first database record the first product and the first purchasers; identifying a time rate at which said step of correlating in a first database record is performed; further correlating in respective ones of a plurality of first database records the first product and respective ones of a plurality of second purchasers; issuing an offer to a vendor to purchase the first product at a first offer price in a quantity responsive to a number of first database records; and consummating a transaction between the vendor and the first and second purchasers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of transacting sales over a computerized network, the method comprising the steps of:
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defining a first product desired to be purchased by a first purchaser; calculating a first commitment price in response to historical sales performance of the first product and recorded vendor prices; correlating in a first database record the first product and the first purchaser; further correlating in respective ones of a plurality of first database records the first product and respective ones of a plurality of second purchasers; identifying a time rate at which said step of further correlating is performed; and enabling a vendor of products having a predetermined similarity to the first product to search the product database. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of including a prospective purchaser in a pool in a computerized network transaction system, the method comprising the steps of:
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defining pool parameters responsive to a purchase desired to be made by the purchaser; inactive searching an inactive pools database for an inactive pool having a pool characteristic resembling the pool parameters; inactive presenting a first matching inactive pool discovered in response to said step of inactive searching; and forming a new pool having new pool parameters similar to the first matching inactive pool. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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