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Online offer and bid management with sealed bids

  • US 8,103,574 B2
  • Filed: 11/29/2000
  • Issued: 01/24/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sealed bid sales offering system comprising:

  • a bid database in a network computer arrangement containing collected bids, the collected bids each having an associated seal status indication field for indicating whether each bid is a sealed bid or is an unsealed bid;

    a database query server querying the bid database for unsealed bids which match parameters of a Broker Profile Matrix associated with a trader console, the trader console comprising an intermediary third party user console communicably disposed between a bidder user console and broker user console, the trader console operating to buy products or services from the broker user console, and operating to resell the bought products and services to the bidder user console;

    a bid transferor responsive to finding matching unsealed bids for the trader console delivering the matching unsealed bids to the trader console, and preventing delivery of sealed bids to the trader console; and

    a display on the trader console of the delivered matching unsealed bids to a trader console user.

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