Multiple price curves and attributes
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1. An electronic commerce system to facilitate discount sale of goods and/or services, comprising:
- a server that employs a processor to construct a plurality of deal rooms sponsored by a supplier of an item that is offered for sale in each of the plurality of deal rooms, wherein access to a deal room of the plurality of deal rooms is determined by the supplier that sponsors the deal room and differs from access requirements of other deal rooms of the plurality of deal rooms;
an aggregation component that determines an aggregate quantity of the item ordered in each of the plurality of deal rooms;
a price curve component that dynamically updates a price curve for the item based on the aggregate quantity, a price curve attribute, and an indication of the deal room in which an offer for the item is presented; and
a communication component that receives the price curve and that presents to a buyer who accesses the deal room the price curve for the item.
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Abstract
The subject invention relates to electronic buying and selling systems and methods. In particular, the invention concerns relations among distinct price curves, price curve attributes (i.e., factors of the offer that can affect the price curves) and buyers or potential buyers. For instance, a price offered to a system user can vary based on total volume of all people aggregating in private environments, cumulative total order by user, ship date, optimal time, as well as terms and conditions associated with the offer (e.g., no cancellation of order, cancellation possible, payment method . . . ).
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1. An electronic commerce system to facilitate discount sale of goods and/or services, comprising:
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a server that employs a processor to construct a plurality of deal rooms sponsored by a supplier of an item that is offered for sale in each of the plurality of deal rooms, wherein access to a deal room of the plurality of deal rooms is determined by the supplier that sponsors the deal room and differs from access requirements of other deal rooms of the plurality of deal rooms; an aggregation component that determines an aggregate quantity of the item ordered in each of the plurality of deal rooms; a price curve component that dynamically updates a price curve for the item based on the aggregate quantity, a price curve attribute, and an indication of the deal room in which an offer for the item is presented; and a communication component that receives the price curve and that presents to a buyer who accesses the deal room the price curve for the item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for pricing a good and/or service, comprising:
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employing a processor for aggregating a plurality of orders for an offer for sale of an item offered by a supplier across multiple deal rooms; determining a qualified buyer who satisfies supplier criteria for entry to a deal room of the multiple deal rooms, wherein the access criteria differs for each deal room; receiving a price curve attribute from the qualified buyer and the supplier; updating a price curve based upon an aggregate volume ordered, an indication of the deal room, and the price curve attribute; presenting the price curve attribute for each offer, respectively, presented in each of the multiple deal rooms; and presenting the price curve to the qualified buyer. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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