METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING ACTIONS OF AN AUCTION OF A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THROUGH A COMMUNICATION NETWORK

• US 20160314524A1
• Filed: 09/04/2015
• Published: 10/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Luciano Trindade De Sousa Monteiro
• Original Assignee: Luciano Trindade De Sousa Monteiro
• Inventors: Trindade de Sousa Monteiro, Luciano
• Granted Patent: US 10,643,273 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions

Abstract

A method for performing actions of an auction of a product or service through a communication network including sending to a plurality of sellers product or service specifications with an upset price wherein the plurality of sellers present a plurality of offers in homogenous manner for auction; receiving the plurality of offers; storing the plurality of offers in a database of communication network; receiving, from a plurality of buyers, purchase proposals for the product or service, the proposals being determined for each of the offers of the plurality of sellers; storing purchase proposals in the database; processing the purchase proposals and determining a plurality of lots, each of the lots of the plurality of lots being constituted by the plurality of purchase proposals received for each of the offers of the plurality of offers; and monitoring the moment when one of the sellers of the plurality of sellers buys a respective lot of the plurality of lots thereby defining the opportune moment, in the course of the auction, the price range of his interest to sell the product or service to the plurality of buyers who has given the plurality of purchase proposals in the respective lot bought.

Claims

1. A method for performing actions of an auction of a product or service through a communication network (300), characterized in that it comprises:

sending to a plurality of sellers (100) the specifications of the product or service with an upset price, so that the plurality of sellers (100) can present a plurality of offers (10) in homogenous manner to be put up for auction;

receiving, from a plurality of sellers (100), the plurality of offers (10) for the product or service to be sold by auction;

storing the plurality of offers (10) in a database (310) of the communication network (300);

receiving, from a plurality of buyers (200), a plurality of purchase proposals (20) for the product or service, the plurality of purchase proposals (20) being determined for each of the offers (10) of the plurality of sellers (100);

storing the plurality of purchase proposals (20) in the database (310) of the communication network (300);

processing the plurality of purchase proposals (20) and determining a plurality of lots (30), each of the lots of the plurality of lots (30) being constituted by the plurality of purchase proposals (20) received for each of the offers of the plurality of offers (10); and

monitoring the moment when one of the sellers of the plurality of sellers (100) buys the respective lot (30) of the plurality of lots (30), the seller of the plurality of sellers (100) who has bought the lot (30) at the opportune moment, in the course of the auction, at which he defines before the other sellers (100), as being of his interest the lot (3) of purchase proposals (20) comprised in the range of minimum value of his interest and the highest value for the purchase proposals (20), to sell the product or service to the plurality of buyers (200) who gave the plurality of purchase proposals (20) in the respective lot (30) bought.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the communication network (300) is the Internet, the plurality of sellers (100) and the plurality of buyers (200) accessing the communication network (300) by means of a mobile or fixed terminal.

3. A method for performing actions of an auction of a product or service through a communication network (300), characterized in that it comprises:

receiving, from a managing system (500), the base specifications and the upset price for the product or service to be sold by auction;

presenting information to a plurality of sellers (100), so that they can put up for action the product or service with homogeneous characteristics, according to the base specifications, upset price, in an amount sufficient to meet the plurality of sellers (100);

receiving, from the plurality of sellers (100), a plurality of offers (10) for the product or service to be sold by auction;

storing the plurality of offers (10) in a database (310) of the communication network (300);

publishing the information stored in the database (310) of the communication network (300) referring to the plurality of offers (10) with specifications presented for each of the sellers of the plurality of sellers (100) for the same upset price;

presenting to the plurality of buyers (200) the product or service offered by the plurality of sellers (100), according to the specifications of each product or service, upset price;

starting the auction and processing, in real time, a plurality of purchase proposals (20) received from each of the buyers of the plurality of buyers (200), so that a plurality of purchase proposals (20) will be grouped according to the price range which each of the buyers of the plurality of buyers (200) undertakes to pay for each product or service offered by each of the sellers of the plurality of sellers (100);

storing the plurality of purchase proposals (20) in the database (31) of the communication network (300); and

monitoring the moment when one of the sellers of the plurality of sellers (100) buys the respective lot (30), the lot (3) being constituted by the plurality of purchase proposals (20) given for their product or service offered, in the range of lowest price defined by the buying seller (100) and the highest price.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that each buyer of the plurality of buyers (200) may give the plurality of purchase proposals (20) of the product in offer for one or more sellers of the plurality of sellers (100).

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that each purchase proposal of the plurality of purchase proposals (20) of each buyer of the plurality of buyers (200) may be of equal value for all the products offered by each of the sellers of the plurality of sellers (100).

6. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that each purchase proposal of the plurality of purchase proposals (20) of each buyer of the plurality of buyers (200) may be of a differentiated value for each product offered by each of the sellers of the plurality of sellers (100).

7. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that the purchase of the respective lot (30) by one of the sellers of the plurality of sellers (100) comprises:

defining the upset price which said seller of the plurality of sellers (100) defines and undertakes to accept up to the heist value of the purchase proposal of the plurality of purchase proposals (20), which includes all the purchase proposals of the plurality of purchase proposals (20) with values attributed to their product in this value range;

disregarding automatically all the purchase proposals of the plurality of purchase proposals (20) with values higher than the lowest price taken by this seller of the plurality of sellers (100);

disregarding all the other sellers of the plurality of sellers (10) participating in the auction of said product or service.

8. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that the communication network (300) is the Internet, the plurality of sellers (100) and the plurality of buyers (200) accessing the communication network (300) by means of a mobile or fixed terminal.

9. A system for performing actions of an auction of products or services through a communication network (300), characterized:

a plurality of buyers (200) and a plurality of sellers (100), the plurality of buyers (200) and the plurality of sellers (100) being connected to each other by means of the communication network (300),

the communication network (300) being configured to receive, from the plurality of sellers (100), a plurality of offers (10) for the product or service and a plurality of purchase proposals (20) from the plurality of buyers (200) for each offer of the plurality of offers (10) for the product or service,

the communication network (300) further being configured to store, in a database (310), the plurality of offers (10) and the plurality of purchase proposals (20);

the communication network (300) processing the plurality of purchase proposals (20) and determining a plurality of lots (30) constituted by the plurality of purchase proposals (20) received for each product or service offered,

the communication product (300) compiling, in real time, so as to group all the proposals of the plurality of purchase proposals (20) and of the plurality of buyers (200) for each product or service offered by each of the sellers of the plurality of sellers (100), so that they can buy the respective lot (30), in the range which he defines as being attractive or acceptable, so that he can decide to buy the respective lot (30) at any moment,

the communication network (300) monitoring, in real time, the purchase of the respective lot (30) by one of the sellers of the plurality of sellers (100) who buys the respective lot (30).

10. The system according to claim 9, characterized in that the communication network (300) is configured to process and compile, by grouping, the plurality of purchase proposals (20), determining the total of purchase proposals per price range for each seller of the plurality of sellers (100) for the purchase of the respective lot (30).

11. The system according to claim 10, characterized in that the communication network (300) disregards all the purchase proposals of the plurality of purchase proposals (20) of the whole plurality of buyers (20) who give purchase proposals of the plurality of purchase proposals (20) lower than the lowest price bought by one of the sellers of the plurality of sellers (100).

12. The system according to claim 11, characterized in that the plurality of buyers (200) of the respective lot (30) are all those included in the range bought by the seller of the plurality of sellers (100) who bought the respective lot (30).

13. The system according to claim 12, characterized in that the plurality of purchase proposals (200) of the prices of the respective lot (30) bought is adjusted after definition of the lowest value range of the respective lot (30) bought with a discount (bonus) previously defined by the managing system (500).

14. The system according to claim 13, characterized in that the discount (bonus) to be applied after the lowest price range of the respective lot (30) has been known is previously defined and disclosed by the managing system (500), prior to the start of the auction, to all the participants of the auction of the product or service.

15. The system according to claim 14, characterized in that the discount (bonus) defined and disclosed before the auction is calculated by a percentage ranging from 0% (zero percent) to 100% (a hundred percent), at the discretion of the managing system (500), considering the market variables and for better efficiency and performance of the auction.

16. The system according to claim 15, characterized in that the discount (bonus) is the result of the calculation:

(PPmin)+((1−

B %)*(PRLmin))), wherein;

PRmin corresponds to the value of the price range of the smallest purchase proposal of the plurality of purchase proposals (20) of the respective lot (30) bought;

B % corresponds to the bonus percentage to be applied to the purchase proposal of the plurality of purchase proposals (20) higher than the smallest purchase proposal (by the calculation, the smallest purchase proposal remains at the same value);

PRL corresponds to the value of the price range of the respective purchase proposal of the plurality of purchase proposals (20) and in which the bonus is being applied.

17. The system according to claim 9, characterized in that the communication network (300) is the Internet, the plurality of sellers (100) and the plurality of buyers (200) accessing the communication network (300) by means of a mobile or fixed terminal.

18. A system for performing actions of an auction of products or services through a communication network (300), characterized by comprising:

a managing system (500), a plurality of buyers (200) and a plurality of sellers (100), the managing system (500), the plurality of buyers (200) and the plurality of sellers (100) being connected to each other by means of the communication network (300),

the communication network (300) being configured to receive, from the managing system (500), the base specifications of product or service of a respective upset price to be presented to the plurality of sellers (100),

the communication network (300) being configured to receive, from the plurality of sellers (100), a plurality of offers (10) that are in accordance with the base specifications and the respective upset price for the product or service to be presented to the plurality of buyers (200),

the communication network (300) further being configured to store, in a database (310), the base specifications and the respective upset price for the plurality of offers (10) of the plurality of sellers (100),

the communication network (300) publishing on the Internet the information stored in the database (310) of the communication network (300) referring to the plurality of offers (10) of the plurality of sellers (100) according to the specifications and the same respective upset price,

the communication network (300) further being configured to receive, from the plurality of buyers (200), a plurality of purchase proposals (20) for the purchase of the product or the service,

the communication network (300) processing, in real time, the plurality of purchase proposals (20) and processing this plurality of purchase proposals (20) so as to group them in the range of auction prices distributed by each seller of the plurality of sellers (100), stored ion the database (310) of the communication network (300),

the communication network (300) being configured to monitor the moment when one of the sellers of the plurality of sellers (100) buys a respective lot (30), defining the minimum price range of the respective lot (30) bought and enabling the definition and calculation of the discount (bonus) to be applied of the purchase proposals (20), then the whole plurality of buyers (200) being selected to buy the product or service of the seller of the plurality of sellers (100) who has bought the respective lot (30).

19. The system according to claim 18, characterized in that the communication network (300) is configured to determine the real price of the plurality of purchase proposals (20) distributed per price range and the amount of products or services of the respective lot (30) bought by the seller of the plurality of sellers (100).

20. The system according to claim 19, characterized in that:

the communication network (300) disregards the plurality of purchase proposals (20) of the plurality of buyers (200) who give a purchase proposal lower than a minimum purchase proposal in the respective lot (30) bought by the seller of the plurality of sellers (100) who bought the respective lot (30),

the communication network (300) disregards the plurality of purchase proposals (20) of the plurality of buyers (200) who gave purchase proposals (20) for the other sellers of the plurality of sellers (100) who did not buy the respective lot (30).

21. The system according to claim 20, characterized in that the plurality of buyers (200) who gave the plurality of purchase proposals (20) included in the respective lot (30) bought will purchase the product or service from the seller of the plurality of sellers (100) who bought the respective lot (30).

22. The system according to claim 21, characterized in that the plurality of buyers (200) included in the purchased lot has bought the product or service from the seller (100) who bought the lot by the price adjusted with application of the bonus in the plurality of purchase proposals (20) given by the respective buyer in the purchased lot (30).

23. The system according to claim 18, characterized ion that the communication network (300) is the Internet, where the managing system (500) makes available to the plurality of sellers (100) and to the plurality of buyers (200) access to the communication network (300) by means of a mobile or fixed terminal.

24. The system according to claim 18, characterized in that the managing system (500) discloses to potential registered suppliers of complementary products or services related to the products and services that are the object of the auction with the respective specifications of the products and services put up for auction by the plurality of sellers (100).

25. The system according to claim 24, characterized in that the managing system (500) informs the suppliers of complementary products and services about the amount of products and services bought, so that they can present proposals to supply such products and services.

26. The system according to claim 25, characterized in that the managing system (500), after having received the offers of the suppliers of the products and services related to the products at auction passes such offers on to the plurality of buyers (200), so that they will contract them since they present advantages relating to the volume of the products and services offered.

27. The system according to claim 26, characterized in that the plurality of buyers (200) makes the option of contracting or purchasing the complementary products or services, negotiated in lot through notification to the managing system (500) which, in turn, will pass them on to the suppliers of complementary products or services.

28. The system according to claim 24, characterized in that the suppliers of products or services are financing agents that offer financing services and that additionally are guarantors of the financing operation.

29. The system according to claim 24, characterized in that the suppliers of products or services are insurance agents that provide insurance service and that additionally are guarantors of the conditions of use of the product.

30. The system according to claim 24, characterized in that the suppliers of products or services can supply or incorporate complementary products as accessories.