Pricing by historical comparison
First Claim
1. A method for pricing, comprising:
- detecting a visitor at an e-commerce site;
determining that an item offered for sale at the e-commerce site is of potential interest to the visitor;
detecting another e-commerce site at which the user has viewed the item;
determining a historical price, wherein the historical price is associated with a web page, wherein the web page offered the item at the other e-commerce site;
calculating an offering price, wherein the offering price is based on the historical price;
offering the item to the visitor at the offering price; and
selling the item to the visitor at the offering price.
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Abstract
In some embodiments, techniques for pricing may include detecting a visitor at an e-commerce site, determining that an item offered for sale at the e-commerce site is of potential interest to the visitor, detecting another e-commerce site at which the user has viewed the item, determining a historical price, wherein the historical price is associated with a web page, wherein the web page offered the item at the other e-commerce site, calculating an offering price, wherein the offering price is based on the historical price, offering the item to the visitor at the offering price, and selling the item to the visitor at the offering price.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for pricing, comprising:
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detecting a visitor at an e-commerce site; determining that an item offered for sale at the e-commerce site is of potential interest to the visitor; detecting another e-commerce site at which the user has viewed the item; determining a historical price, wherein the historical price is associated with a web page, wherein the web page offered the item at the other e-commerce site; calculating an offering price, wherein the offering price is based on the historical price; offering the item to the visitor at the offering price; and selling the item to the visitor at the offering price. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for pricing, comprising:
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a processor configured to; detect a visitor at an e-commerce site; determine that an item offered for sale at the e-commerce site is of potential interest to the visitor; detect another e-commerce site at which the user has viewed the item; determine a historical price, wherein the historical price is associated with a web page, wherein the web page offered the item at the other e-commerce site; calculate an offering price, wherein the offering price is based on the historical price; offer the item to the visitor at the offering price; and sell the item to the visitor at the offering price; and a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory provides instructions to the processor.
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20. A computer program product for pricing, the computer program product being embodied in a computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
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detecting a visitor at an e-commerce site; determining that an item offered for sale at the e-commerce site is of potential interest to the visitor; detecting another e-commerce site at which the user has viewed the item; determining a historical price, wherein the historical price is associated with a web page, wherein the web page offered the item at the other e-commerce site; calculating an offering price, wherein the offering price is based on the historical price; offering the item to the visitor at the offering price; and selling the item to the visitor at the offering price.
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