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System and method for enhancing buyer and seller interaction during a group-buying sale

  • US 7,363,246 B1
  • Filed: 06/19/2000
  • Issued: 04/22/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-implemented method of facilitating communications between a seller and buyers participating together as a buying group during an on-line group-buying sale of a product offered by the seller, the method comprising:

  • providing an electronic negotiation room to the buyers through which a message from one buyer to another buyer can be transmitted during the on-line group-buying sale;

    transmitting a voting request from a seller to the buyers asking the buyers to vote on a hypothetical offer for the product at a price from the seller;

    receiving and processing voting responses from the buyers to the voting request, wherein the responses comprise hypothetical acceptances and hypothetical rejections of the hypothetical offer; and

    providing the processed responses to the seller.

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