Purchase Request Management System
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1. Method of notifying sellers of a purchase request, comprising:
- receiving said purchase request over a computer network from a potential buyer, said purchase request including product identification data and potential buyer information;
determining a subset of sellers from within a group of sellers based upon seller information and one or both of said product identification data and said potential buyer information; and
notifying said subset of sellers of said purchase request.
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Abstract
System and method for notifying subset of sellers of a purchase request is described. In one embodiment, the present system and method receives a purchase request over a computer network from a potential buyer. The purchase request may include product identification data and potential buyer information. The systems and method determines a subset of sellers from within a group of sellers based upon seller information and one or both of said product identification data and said potential buyer information. The system and method then notifies the subset of sellers of the purchase request.
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1. Method of notifying sellers of a purchase request, comprising:
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receiving said purchase request over a computer network from a potential buyer, said purchase request including product identification data and potential buyer information; determining a subset of sellers from within a group of sellers based upon seller information and one or both of said product identification data and said potential buyer information; and notifying said subset of sellers of said purchase request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. System for notifying sellers of purchase requests, comprising:
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plurality of seller exclusive database regions formed within non-transitory memory of a data center system; receiving module for receiving the purchase requests, each of the purchase requests having product information and potential buyer information from a potential buyer; buyer-seller association module configured to assign each purchase request to only a subset of a plurality of sellers in accordance with (a) seller information and (b) one or both of the product information and the potential buyer information; and notification module for notifying the subset of sellers of one or more purchase requests corresponding to the seller exclusive database regions. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. System for notifying sellers of purchase requests, comprising:
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means for receiving the purchase requests within a data center system, each of the purchase requests having product information and potential buyer information from a potential buyer; means for assigning each of the purchase requests to only a subset of a plurality of sellers in accordance with (a) seller information and (b) one or both of the product information and the potential buyer information; and means for notifying the subset of sellers of one or more purchase requests corresponding to the seller exclusive database regions.
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