IDENTIFICATION OF MERCHANDISE TO BE SUBSEQUENTLY IDENTIFIED AND DELIVERED BY A MERCHANDISE PROVIDER
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Abstract
Users may identify on an interactive network merchandise that they desire and merchandise providers may access the identified merchandise from time to time so as to provide merchandise that matches the identified merchandise. In one embodiment, merchandise providers may access merchandise requests from time to time and provide the requested merchandise, even if the merchandise had not been available at the time the request was initially posted. Prior to delivery of the merchandise the parties, if desired, may negotiate when and how delivery will occur, what the cost of the merchandise is and the responsibilities of each of the parties pertaining to the merchandise. The requests may be stored local to the user or at one or more central sites.
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33. A system for searching and purchasing tickets to a ticketed event, the system comprising:
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a server in communication with a search engine, the search engine configured to receive one or more search queries associated with a ticketed event and to search one or more databases for information associated with the ticketed event; and a processor in communication with the search engine, the processor configured to; instruct the search engine to perform a search of the one or more databases for information associated with the ticketed event, thereby generating a search result; determine whether a search result generated by the search engine indicates that any of at least one scheduled location for the ticketed event matches a desired location; and in response to the search result indicating that none of the at least one scheduled location for the ticketed event matches the desired location, instruct the search engine to continue searching the one or more databases until a triggering condition is satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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38. (canceled)
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43. A method of searching and purchasing items, the method comprising:
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receiving, via a server in communication with a processor, one or more search queries associated with a ticketed event; causing a search engine, in communication with the processor, to search one or more databases for information associated with the ticketed event, thereby generating a search result indicating whether any of at least one scheduled location for the ticketed event matches a desired location; and in response to the search result indicating that none of the at least one scheduled location for the ticketed event matches the desired location, instructing the search engine to continue searching the one or more databases until a triggering condition is satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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