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Sales system with buyer price selection

  • US 8,108,277 B2
  • Filed: 02/10/2006
  • Issued: 01/31/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A networked sales method, comprising:

  • presenting with a sales server, via a first network, item information associated with an item on a sales screen to a user, the item information including an item identifier for an item, and a price box for the item;

    communicating with a sales server a variable price schedule for the item to the user, the variable price schedule including a plurality of entries, each entry indicating a price at which the item is to be offered for sale in a specified time period;

    receiving at the sales server a reminder request associated with an entry in the variable price schedule; and

    notifying the user through a second network with a near-real-time alerting mechanism when the price of the item is the price indicated in the entry associated with the received reminder request, the second network being a wireless network.

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