Method of producing, selling, and distributing articles of manufacture through the automated aggregation of orders and the visual representation of standardized shipping volumes
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1. A method of selling articles over a distributed data processing system, comprising:
- (a) identifying a product utilizing said distributed data processing system,(b) soliciting purchase commitments from potential purchasers over said distributed data processing system;
(c) accepting contingent offers which depend upon obtaining a predetermined minimum number of offers before acceptance of said offers; and
(d) utilizing at least one visual representation of shipping space available within a standardized shipping volume in said distributed data processing system to communicate over time whether or not sufficient financial commitments have been obtained from said plurality of potential purchasers to fill one or more standard shipping containers.
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Abstract
The present invention also provides a dynamic on-line order gathering system that enables sellers to offer one or a combination of goods whose availability (production and/or shipping) may be economically linked in some ways with other items and which facilitates aggregation of demand across related items so as to enable the ability to reach critical mass of demand for the related goods by a more efficient means than currently available.
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1. A method of selling articles over a distributed data processing system, comprising:
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(a) identifying a product utilizing said distributed data processing system, (b) soliciting purchase commitments from potential purchasers over said distributed data processing system; (c) accepting contingent offers which depend upon obtaining a predetermined minimum number of offers before acceptance of said offers; and (d) utilizing at least one visual representation of shipping space available within a standardized shipping volume in said distributed data processing system to communicate over time whether or not sufficient financial commitments have been obtained from said plurality of potential purchasers to fill one or more standard shipping containers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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