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Apparatus and method for on-line price comparison of competitor's goods and/or services over a computer network

  • US 6,076,070 A
  • Filed: 07/23/1998
  • Issued: 06/13/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for a computer-implemented on-line price comparison over a computer network of goods and/or services sold by a vendor over said computer network, comprising the steps of:

  • requesting through said computer network from a competitor'"'"'s database a price for an item sold by the competitor over said computer network;

    receiving from said database said competitor'"'"'s price;

    displaying said competitor'"'"'s price on a display;

    decreasing the price of said item sold by the vendor by a predetermined amount to create a new price if said competitor'"'"'s price is less than said item price; and

    displaying said new price on said display.

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