Method for listing goods for sale by telephone
First Claim
1. A marketeer controller for receiving from a seller information relating to a seller'"'"'s good and for listing the good for sale on a website, the marketeer controller comprising:
- 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, wherein the information received by said first program is generated by depressing the telephone'"'"'s keys in a sequence corresponding to an alphanumeric sequence of a standard identification 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.
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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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1. A marketeer controller for receiving 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, wherein the information received by said first program is generated by depressing the telephone'"'"'s keys in a sequence corresponding to an alphanumeric sequence of a standard identification 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 (2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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5. A method for listing a seller'"'"'s good for sale on a website, the method comprising:
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receiving from a seller information identifying a good, the information being transmitted via a telephone, wherein the information received is generated by depressing the telephone'"'"'s keys in a sequence corresponding to an alphanumeric sequence of a standard identification code; retrieving from a database additional information relating to the good; and presenting the good for sale on a website using the additional information retrieved from the database and relating to the good. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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