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Methods and apparatuses for sorting lists for presentation

  • US 7,979,308 B2
  • Filed: 03/03/2005
  • Issued: 07/12/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented method, comprising:

  • determining, via a computing device, an indicator of potential revenue for a first party from price information of a list of entities in a network of providers, wherein the indicator of potential revenue for each entity in the list of entities is based on a bid rate associated with the entity in combination with a percentage of the actual revenue the first party will receive when there is a split among the first party and a second party when a respective entity listing is provided to the first party from the second party and the percentage of the actual revenue the first party will receive when there is not a split among the first party and the second party because the respective entity listing is provided by the first party, respectively for each entity in the list of entities; and

    sorting, via the computing device, the list of entities into a first list based on ranking the indicator of potential revenue for each entity.

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