Grouping orders across multiple forums
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1. An electronic commerce system to facilitate discount sale of goods and/or services, comprising:
- at least one processor coupled to memory to execute the following computer-executable components;
a first component that aggregates orders across two or more electronic forums that offer a good or service for sale in accordance with different price schedules that vary as a function of volume ordered; and
a second component that communicates a current price to a potential buyer by way of one of the forums based on aggregate orders for the good or service and a forum specific price schedule.
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Abstract
The subject invention relates to electronic buying and selling systems and methods. In particular, the invention concerns relations among distinct price curves, price curve attributes (i.e., factors of the offer that can affect the price curves) and buyers or potential buyers. For instance, a price offered to a system user can vary based on total volume of all people aggregating in private environments, cumulative total order by user, ship date, optimal time, as well as terms and conditions associated with the offer (e.g., no cancellation of order, cancellation possible, payment method . . . ).
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1. An electronic commerce system to facilitate discount sale of goods and/or services, comprising:
at least one processor coupled to memory to execute the following computer-executable components; a first component that aggregates orders across two or more electronic forums that offer a good or service for sale in accordance with different price schedules that vary as a function of volume ordered; and a second component that communicates a current price to a potential buyer by way of one of the forums based on aggregate orders for the good or service and a forum specific price schedule. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of facilitating commerce, comprising:
employing at least one processor coupled to memory to execute the following computer-executable acts; aggregating orders for goods and/or services offered for sale across multiple electronic forums in accordance with different price schedules that vary based on order volume; and updating price in the electronic forums in accordance with a forum specific price schedule as a function of aggregate orders. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of facilitating commerce, comprising:
employing at least one processor coupled to memory to execute the following computer-executable acts; providing goods and/or services for sale in numerous electronic forums in accordance with a price schedule that varies as a function of volume ordered, wherein at least one of the forums is private; aggregating orders across the forums for substantially identical goods and/or services offered for sale by a seller; and dynamically updating price in the forums as a function of aggregate orders and applicable buyer and seller criteria. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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