System and Process for Managing Sale of One or More Items

• US 20130159125A1
• Filed: 10/15/2010
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Equeue Pty., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Equeue Pty., Ltd.
• Inventors: Flavel, Jonathon, Flavel, Ben, Beavis, Jay
• Application Number:
  US13/582,549
• Publication Number:
  US 20130159125A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services

Abstract

A system for managing sale of one or more items, said system for performing the steps of generating predetermined activities for potential purchasers of one or more of said items before said items are available for sale; ranking the potential purchasers in accordance with results of said predetermined activities; and allocating each potential purchaser of said purchasers a time period within which he or she is permitted to purchase one or more of said items, after the items are made available for sale, in accordance with his or her ranking.

Claims

1. A system for managing sale of one or more items, said system performing the steps of:

(a) generating with a processor predetermined activities for potential purchasers of one or more of said items before said items are available for sale;

(b) ranking the potential purchasers in accordance with results of said predetermined activities, information relating to said potential purchasers and said results being stored in a database of said system; and

(c) allocating each potential purchaser of said purchasers a time period within which he or she is permitted to purchase one or more of said items, after the items are made available for sale, in accordance with his or her ranking.

2. The system claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of ranking the potential purchasers is effected in accordance with frequency of said predetermined activities.

3. The system claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of ranking the potential purchasers is effected in accordance with the accuracy of said predetermined activities.

4. The system claimed in claim 1, wherein one of said predetermined activities is submitting an expression of interest to purchase one or more of said items.

5. The system claimed in claim 1, wherein one of said predetermined activities is registration his or her details with the system.

6. The system claimed in claim 5, wherein registration includes the step of submission of the following information:

a. contact details;

b. age; and

c. email address.

7. The system claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of ranking includes the step of grouping potential purchasers into groups.

8. The system claimed in claim 7, wherein the groups are ranked sequentially in accordance with the results of the predetermined activities.

9. The system claimed in claim 7, wherein the step of allocating includes the step of allocating the potential purchasers of each group of said groups a common time period within which they are permitted to purchase one or more of said items after the items are made available for sale.

10. The system claimed in claim 1, including the steps of receiving a request to purchase one or more of said items from one of said potential purchasers after the items are made available for sale;

and permitting the sale of one or more of said items if said one of said potential purchasers is attempting to do so within his or her allocated time period.

11. The system claimed in claim 1, including the steps of receiving a request to purchase one or more of said items from one of said potential purchasers after the items are made available for sale;

and permitting the sale of one or more of said items if said one of said potential purchasers is attempting to do so within his or her allocated time period or after his or her allocated time period.

12-18. -18. (canceled)

19. A system for managing sale of one or more items, said system for performing the steps of:

(a) generating with a processor predetermined activities for potential purchasers of one or more of said items before said items are available for sale; and

(b) ranking the potential purchasers in accordance with results of said predetermined activities, information relating to said potential purchasers and said results being stored in a database of said system.

20. The system claimed in claim 19, wherein the step of ranking the potential purchasers is effected in accordance with frequency of said predetermined activities.

21. The system claimed in claim 19, wherein the step of ranking the potential purchasers is effected in accordance with the accuracy of said predetermined activities.

22. The system claimed in claim 19, wherein one of said predetermined activities is submitting an expression of interest to purchase one or more of said items.

23. The system claimed in claim 19, wherein one of said predetermined activities is registration his or her details with the system.

24. The system claimed in claim 23, wherein registration includes the step of submission of the following information:

a. contact details;

b. age; and

c. email address.

25-73. -73. (canceled)