PRODUCTS OR SERVICES DEMAND ANALYTICS SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS AND ELECTRONIC EXCHANGES
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1. A method of facilitating a buyer-driven transaction, comprising:
- receiving at an electronic exchange a plurality of offers from a plurality of respective buyers to purchase a product or service at a plurality of respective buyer-determined prices;
searching seller inventory data or seller capacity data from at least one database to match the plurality of offers with at least one seller inventory or seller schedule that includes the product or service; and
using one or more filters to optimize the plurality of offers that match a seller inventory or seller schedule among the at least one seller inventory or seller schedule for a particular seller, based on a demand analytics preference of the particular seller for the product or service, by determining whether to make the plurality of offers available to the particular seller and/or how to communicate the plurality of offers to the particular seller.
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Abstract
Products or services demand analytics systems are provided. The systems may include a processor configured to determine whether to make an offer from a buyer to purchase a product or service at a buyer-determined price available to a seller of the product or service, based on a demand analytics preference of the seller for the product or service. Moreover, the processor may be configured to adjust whether the offer is made available to the seller and/or how the offer is communicated to the seller in response to an adjustment by the seller of the demand analytics preference for the product or service. Related methods and electronic exchanges are also described.
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1. A method of facilitating a buyer-driven transaction, comprising:
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receiving at an electronic exchange a plurality of offers from a plurality of respective buyers to purchase a product or service at a plurality of respective buyer-determined prices; searching seller inventory data or seller capacity data from at least one database to match the plurality of offers with at least one seller inventory or seller schedule that includes the product or service; and using one or more filters to optimize the plurality of offers that match a seller inventory or seller schedule among the at least one seller inventory or seller schedule for a particular seller, based on a demand analytics preference of the particular seller for the product or service, by determining whether to make the plurality of offers available to the particular seller and/or how to communicate the plurality of offers to the particular seller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An electronic exchange for facilitating a buyer-driven transaction, comprising:
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an electronic order book configured to receive an offer from a buyer to purchase a product or service at a buyer-determined price, and to receive an acceptance of the offer from an individual seller; an inventory processor configured to search seller inventory data or seller capacity data to match the offer with at least one seller inventory or seller schedule that includes the product or service, wherein an inventory or schedule of the individual seller is included among the at least one seller inventory or seller schedule; and a demand analytics processor configured to determine whether to make the offer available to a particular seller after the inventory processor matches the offer with the particular seller, based on a demand analytics preference for the product or service, wherein the demand analytics processor is further configured to adjust whether the offer is made available to the particular seller and/or how the offer is communicated to the particular seller in response to an adjustment by the particular seller of the demand analytics preference for the product or service. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A products or services demand analytics system, comprising:
a processor configured to determine whether to make an offer from a buyer to purchase a product or service at a buyer-determined price available to a seller of the product or service, based on a demand analytics preference of the seller for the product or service, wherein the processor is further configured to adjust whether the offer is made available to the seller and/or how the offer is communicated to the seller in response to an adjustment by the seller of the demand analytics preference for the product or service. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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