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Online product exchange system with price-sorted matching products

  • US 7,933,806 B2
  • Filed: 09/11/2006
  • Issued: 04/26/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/08/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for operating an electronic product exchange comprising:

  • accepting through a communication network, from computers of potential buyers, requests containing select product configuration data;

    responsive to the requests, automatically searching, among pricing data and product configuration data for different products for sale by potential sellers, for products that match the select product configuration data of the request;

    sorting the products by price, for at least the products that have select product configuration data matching the request; and

    further responsive to each of the requests, automatically transferring, through the network to the computer of the potential buyer who made the request, information identifying the matching products for display in price-sorted order.

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