ELECTRONIC NEGOTIATION IN A REAL-WORLD ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. A system for enabling a retail transaction between a brick-and-mortar retailer and a customer, the system comprising:
- a mobile device, wherein the mobile device includes an application operated by the customer while physically present in the brick-and-mortar retailer, wherein the application is designed to obtain product information about a product and offer information from the customer including a proposed price for the product;
a user information aggregation server designed to receive the product information and the offer information from the application on the mobile device and augment the product information and offer information with information about the customer, and to forward the product information, offer information, and customer information to a decision server; and
wherein the user information aggregation server is further designed to receive a decision as to whether the offer has been accepted by the decision server, wherein the decision is at least partially based on the customer information, and to notify the customer of the decision.
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Abstract
A system for enabling a retail transaction between a brick-and-mortar retailer and a customer, comprising: a mobile device including an application operated by the customer while physically present in the brick-and-mortar retailer, wherein the application is designed to obtain product information about a product and offer information from the customer including a proposed price for the product; a user information aggregation server designed to receive the product information and the offer information from the application on the mobile device and augment the product information and offer information with information about the customer, and to forward the product information, offer information, and customer information to a decision server; and further designed to receive a decision as to whether the offer has been accepted by the decision server, wherein the decision is at least partially based on the customer information, and to notify the customer.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for enabling a retail transaction between a brick-and-mortar retailer and a customer, the system comprising:
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a mobile device, wherein the mobile device includes an application operated by the customer while physically present in the brick-and-mortar retailer, wherein the application is designed to obtain product information about a product and offer information from the customer including a proposed price for the product; a user information aggregation server designed to receive the product information and the offer information from the application on the mobile device and augment the product information and offer information with information about the customer, and to forward the product information, offer information, and customer information to a decision server; and wherein the user information aggregation server is further designed to receive a decision as to whether the offer has been accepted by the decision server, wherein the decision is at least partially based on the customer information, and to notify the customer of the decision. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for enabling a retail transaction between a brick-and-mortar retailer and a customer, the method comprising:
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receiving a product identification and an offer price from a mobile device operated by the customer while located at the brick-and-mortar retailer; determining information about the customer; sending the product information and the offer price to a decision server along with the information about the customer; receiving an indication from the decision server as to whether or not the offer has been accepted, wherein the retailer server bases the decision at least partially on the information about the customer; and sending the indication to the mobile device for display to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory program storage device readable by a machine tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for enabling a retail transaction between a brick-and-mortar retailer and a customer, the method comprising:
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receiving a product identification and an offer price from a mobile device operated by the customer while located at the brick-and-mortar retailer; determining information about the customer; making a determination of whether to accept the offer based on rules provided by a retailer server, wherein the determination is based on a combination of the information about the customer, the product information, and the offer price; and sending an indication about the determination to the customer and to the brick-and-mortar retailer. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus for enabling a retail transaction between a brick-and-mortar retailer and a customer, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving a product identification and an offer price from a mobile device operated by the customer while located at the brick-and-mortar retailer; means for determining information about the customer; means for sending the product information and the offer price to a decision server along with the information about the customer; means for receiving an indication from the retailer server as to whether or not the offer has been accepted, wherein the decision server bases the decision at least partially on the information about the customer; and means for sending the indication to the mobile device for display to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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