APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO HOST AN ONLINE MARKETPLACE
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Abstract
A device configured to host a marketplace on at least one network is provided. A method of providing such a device is also disclosed. The apparatus includes at least one computer device configured to communicate with a plurality of clients via at least one network. The clients may include vendors, such as sellers, and customers, such as buyers. The one or more computer devices include at least one processing unit. The at least one computer device is configured to determine a vendor quality rating, providing bidding segmentation or provide customer feedback blocking. Methods of providing vendor quality ratings, bidding segmentation or customer feedback blocking are also provided.
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45 Claims
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1-25. -25. (canceled)
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26. An apparatus configured to host a marketplace on at least one network comprising:
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at least one computer device configured to communicate with a plurality of clients via at least one network connection, the clients comprising vendors and customers; the at least one computer device comprised of at least one processing unit, the at least one processing unit configured to provide feedback for the vendors such that the feedback is displayable to customers, the at least one computer device configured to provide feedback such that the vendors are permitted to block a portion of feedback the customers transmit to the at least one computer device; and the portion of the feedback a vendor is permitted to block being determined by assigning a feedback block rate that is correlated with a vendor quality rating or a feedback block amount to the vendor that is correlated with a vendor quality rating. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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