SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING A TRANSACTION BY MATCHING SELLER INFORMATION AND BUYER INFORMATION

• US 20120084166A1
• Filed: 09/29/2011
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Walker Digital Management LLC (Walker Innovation Inc. (f/k/a Patent Properties, Inc.))
• Original Assignee: Walker Digital Management LLC (Walker Innovation Inc. (f/k/a Patent Properties, Inc.))
• Inventors: Van Luchene, Andrew S., Caine, John C., Kobayashi, Michiko, Zepp, Ronald E. II, Anderson, Robert J., Luchene, Kathleen Van
• Application Number:
  US13/248,072
• Publication Number:
  US 20120084166A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0605 Supply or demand aggregation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided to facilitate a transaction between a seller and a buyer. According to one embodiment, seller offer information is received at a controller. The seller offer information is associated with an item, such as a secondary market item, being offered for sale by a seller. Buyer offer information, associated with a buyer offering to make a purchase, is also received. An evaluation rule is determined, and the seller offer information and the buyer offer information are matched based on the evaluation rule. It is then arranged for the seller to sell the item to the buyer.

Claims

1-108. -108. (canceled)

109. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a controller, buyer information indicative of a product desired to be purchased by a buyer;

determining, by the controller, seller information indicative of a plurality of products offered for sale by a plurality of sellers;

determining, by the controller, that the product desired to be purchased by the buyer does not match any of the plurality of products offered for sale by the plurality of sellers;

storing the buyer information;

receiving, by the controller, after the determination that no match exists, additional seller information indicative of an additional product offered for sale by a seller;

matching, by the controller, the product desired to be purchased by the buyer to the additional product offered for sale by the seller;

providing an indication of the match to the buyer; and

automatically charging the buyer, based upon a credit card identifier associated with the buyer, for the additional product offered for sale by the seller.

110-137. -137. (canceled)