Method and apparatus for listing goods for sale
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for listing an independent seller'"'"'s good for sale using a CPU, a memory operatively connected to the CPU and a program stored in the memory and executable by the CPU for presenting the good for sale on a website, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving from a seller information identifying a good, the information comprising a series of tones, generated by selection of keys of a touch tone telephone, in a sequence corresponding to an alphanumeric sequence of a good-identifying code; and
(b) presenting the good for sale on the website.
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Abstract
A method for using a telephone to list a seller'"'"'s good for sale on a website including the steps of receiving good-identifying information from a seller via a telephone and presenting the good for sale on a website. The good-identifying information may be received as a series of tones generated by depression of keys of a telephone. The tones may optionally be used to navigate through a voice prompt system or to provide information about the good, such as the good'"'"'s UPC code, ISBN number and/or characteristics of the good. The seller'"'"'s provision of a standard identification code allows the marketeer to retrieve information relating to the good from a database and to use such information to present the good for sale. Such information, and/or the characteristics provided by the seller that are specific to the good may optionally be used to set or recommend a price for the good.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for listing an independent seller'"'"'s good for sale using a CPU, a memory operatively connected to the CPU and a program stored in the memory and executable by the CPU for presenting the good for sale on a website, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving from a seller information identifying a good, the information comprising a series of tones, generated by selection of keys of a touch tone telephone, in a sequence corresponding to an alphanumeric sequence of a good-identifying code; and (b) presenting the good for sale on the website. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A marketeer controller to receive from a seller information relating to a seller'"'"'s good and for listing the good for sale on a website, the marketeer controller comprising:
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a central processing unit; a memory operatively connected to said central processing unit; a first program stored in said memory and executable by said central processing unit for receiving via a telephone information relating to a seller'"'"'s good, the telephone information received by the first program comprises a series of tones generated by selection of keys of a telephone and the series of tones comprising tones generated by the selection of the keys of the touch tone telephone in a sequence corresponding to an alphanumeric sequence of good-identifying code; a second program stored in said memory and executable by said central processing unit for storing electronic data relating to a seller'"'"'s good; and a third program stored in said memory and executable by said central processing unit for presenting the seller'"'"'s good for sale on a website. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method for listing a seller'"'"'s good for sale on a website, the method comprising operations:
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receiving from a seller information identifying a good, the information being transmitted via a telephone and comprising a series of tones, generated by selection of keys of a touch tone telephone, in a sequence corresponding to an alphanumeric sequence of good-identifying code; retrieving from a database information relating to the good; and presenting the good for sale on a website using the information retrieved from the database. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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