Computer and human interactive system and method for negotiating the purchase and sale of goods or services
First Claim
11. A method of facilitating the negotiation and purchase of goods or services for buyers and sellers comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one primary seller of goods or services of the primary seller;
providing a virtual seller who is not the primary seller for selling the goods or services of the primary seller, but having a database storing product information concerning the goods or services of the primary seller;
providing a plurality of buyers of goods or services;
providing a real time two-way data connection between the buyer and the virtual seller for transmitting transaction data from the buyer in real time for visual display of the purchase data to the virtual seller and for transmitting transaction data from the virtual seller in real time for visual display of the purchase data to the buyer for facilitating the sale of goods or services of the primary seller to the buyer, andagreeing by the buyer over the network system to the purchase of goods or services.
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Abstract
A computer and human interactive system and method for negotiating the purchase and sale of goods or services is provided. The system includes a plurality of primary seller terminals and at least one virtual seller terminal which are connected over a network, preferably the Internet, by a host processor to buyer terminals. The host processor connects buyers to sellers of goods according to information provided by the buyer such as the buyer'"'"'s location and/or goods or services to be purchased. Where a primary dealer is unavailable to complete purchasing transactions, such as where the seller has closed for the day, a virtual seller is connected to the buyer to complete the purchasing transaction. Once a primary seller or virtual seller has been selected to complete a purchasing transaction with a buyer, the buyer and seller are connected by a real time data communications connection and a real time speech communications connection so that the buyer and seller may negotiate and complete a purchasing transaction.
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11. A method of facilitating the negotiation and purchase of goods or services for buyers and sellers comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one primary seller of goods or services of the primary seller; providing a virtual seller who is not the primary seller for selling the goods or services of the primary seller, but having a database storing product information concerning the goods or services of the primary seller; providing a plurality of buyers of goods or services; providing a real time two-way data connection between the buyer and the virtual seller for transmitting transaction data from the buyer in real time for visual display of the purchase data to the virtual seller and for transmitting transaction data from the virtual seller in real time for visual display of the purchase data to the buyer for facilitating the sale of goods or services of the primary seller to the buyer, and agreeing by the buyer over the network system to the purchase of goods or services. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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13-1. The method for facilitating the negotiation and purchase of goods or services for buyers and sellers of claim 12 wherein said primary seller operates and ceases sales operations during predetermined periods of the day.
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