System and method for hybrid single and aggregation sale

• US 7,885,853 B2
• Filed: 05/08/2006
• Issued: 02/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yi Mao
• Original Assignee: Yi Mao
• Inventors: Mao, Yi
• Primary Examiner(s): Rosen; Nicholas D
• Application Number:
  US11/429,778
• Publication Number:
  US 20060253394A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,737 Days
• Field of Search: 705/14.1, 705/14.34, 705/26, 705/27
• US Class Current: 705/14.34
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0234 Rebates after completed purchase

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a system and method for aggregating sales of a product. The aggregated sales provide that a rebate based upon the sales of the product within a window of time is later provided to the buyer.

Claims

1. A method for aggregating sales of a product comprising the steps of:

displaying product information to a buyer including a price on a display;

charging the price to the buyer through a computer network and shipping the item to the buyer in response to the buyer selecting the product for purchase; and

electronically providing a rebate to the buyer, the rebate calculated by determining the aggregation of sales of the product to the buyer and to other buyers occurring over a time period and comparing the aggregated sales number to a price sheet listing aggregated sales numbers cross-referenced to discounted sales prices;

wherein the time period is a predetermined time period of a fixed number of days; and

wherein the predetermined time period is selected from a rolling period of time that either starts with, includes, or ends with the date of sale of the product that generates the highest aggregated sales for the product.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the time period is limited by a maximum number of days.

3. A method for aggregating sales of a product comprising the steps of:

displaying product information to a buyer including a price on a display;

charging the price to the buyer through a computer network and shipping the item to the buyer in response to the buyer selecting the product for purchase; and

electronically providing a rebate to the buyer, the rebate calculated by determining the aggregation of sales of the product to the buyer and to other buyers occurring over a time period and comparing the aggregated sales number to a price sheet listing aggregated sales numbers cross-referenced to discounted sales prices;

wherein the time period is a predetermined time period of a fixed number of days; and

wherein a length of the predetermined time period differs based upon a membership level attained by the buyer.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the time period is limited by a maximum number of days.

5. A method for aggregating sales of a product comprising the steps of:

displaying product information to a buyer including a price on a display;

charging the price to the buyer through a computer network and shipping the item to the buyer in response to the buyer selecting the product for purchase; and

electronically providing a rebate to the buyer, the rebate calculated by determining the aggregation of sales of the product to the buyer and to other buyers occurring over a time period and comparing the aggregated sales number to a price sheet listing aggregated sales numbers cross-referenced to discounted sales prices;

wherein the time period is selected from a rolling window of a predetermined number of days, the rolling window selected from between a start time and an end time determined by when an available quantity of products has been sold.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the predetermined number of days is determined by a membership level attained by the buyer.

7. A system for aggregating sales of a product comprising:

means for displaying product information to a buyer including a price;

means for charging the price to the buyer and shipping the item to the buyer in response to the buyer selecting the product for purchase; and

means for providing a rebate to the buyer, wherein the means calculates the rebate by determining the aggregation a sales of the product to the buyer and to other buyers occurring over a time period and comparing the aggregated sales number to a price sheet listing aggregated sales numbers cross-referenced to discounted sales prices;

wherein the time period is a predetermined time period of a fixed number of days; and

wherein the predetermined time period is selected from a rolling period of time that either starts with, includes, or ends with the date of sale of the product that generates the highest aggregated sales for the product.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the time period is limited by a maximum number of days.

9. A system for aggregating sales of a product comprising:

means for displaying product information to a buyer including a price;

means for charging the price to the buyer and shipping the item to the buyer in response to the buyer selecting the product for purchase; and

means for providing a rebate to the buyer, wherein the means calculates the rebate by determining the aggregation of sales of the product to the buyer and to other buyers occurring over a time period and comparing the aggregated sales number to a price sheet listing aggregated sales numbers cross-referenced to discounted sales prices;

wherein the time period is a predetermined time period of a fixed number of days; and

wherein a length of the predetermined time period differs based upon a membership level attained by the buyer.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the time period is limited by a maximum number of days.

11. A system for aggregating sales of a product comprising:

means for displaying product information to a buyer including a price;

means for charging the price to the buyer and shipping the item to the buyer in response to the buyer selecting the product for purchase; and

means for providing a rebate to the buyer, wherein the means calculates the rebate by determining the aggregation of sales of the product to the buyer and to other buyers occurring over a time period and comparing the aggregated sales number to a price sheet listing aggregated sales numbers cross-referenced to discounted sales prices;

wherein the time period is selected from a rolling window of a predetermined number of days, the rolling window selected from between a start time and an end time determined by when an available quantity of products has been sold.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the predetermined number of days is determined by a membership level attained by the buyer.