Managing and evaluating price data for purchasing
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for evaluating price data, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a computer, a product specification data set that identifies a plurality of items that differ in accordance with at least one parameter;
receiving, by a computer, one or more price data sets, wherein each price data set includes one or more items and corresponding price data that are responsive to one or more of the items in the product specification data set; and
for each price data set;
obtaining metric data from at least one source for each item in the price data set, wherein the metric data includes one or more market reference prices for the items in the price data set; and
using the metric data, calculating a market value of each item in the price data set for comparison to the price data in the price data set.
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Abstract
A method for evaluating price data includes receiving a product specification data set that identifies different items. Also received are price data sets that include items and corresponding price data. For each price data set, metric data for each item is obtained. The metric data includes one or more market reference prices for the items in the price data set. Using the metric data, a market value of each item in the price data set is calculated for comparison to the price data in the price data set. The method may also include comparing the price data in the price data set to the calculated market value to generate a comparison value. In another embodiment, metric data is obtained for each item in the product specification data set, and a market value of each item is calculated for comparison to the price data in the price data sets.
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1. A computer-implemented method for evaluating price data, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a computer, a product specification data set that identifies a plurality of items that differ in accordance with at least one parameter; receiving, by a computer, one or more price data sets, wherein each price data set includes one or more items and corresponding price data that are responsive to one or more of the items in the product specification data set; and for each price data set; obtaining metric data from at least one source for each item in the price data set, wherein the metric data includes one or more market reference prices for the items in the price data set; and using the metric data, calculating a market value of each item in the price data set for comparison to the price data in the price data set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A computer-implemented method for evaluating price data, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a computer, a product specification data set that includes one or more items; receiving, by a computer, one or more price data sets, wherein each price data set includes one or more items and corresponding price data that are responsive to one or more of the items in the product specification data set, and wherein at least one price data set includes at least one item having a parameter value that is different than the parameter value of the item in the product specification data set and/or another price data set; and for each price data set; obtaining metric data from at least one source for each item in the price data set, wherein the metric data includes one or more market reference prices for the items in the price data set; and using the metric data, calculating a market value of each item in the price data set for comparison to the price data in the price data set. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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85. A computer-implemented method for evaluating price data, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a computer, a product specification data set for one or more items, wherein at least one of the items is defined by two or more parameter values; receiving, by a computer, a plurality of price data sets, wherein each price data set includes one or more items and corresponding price data that are responsive to the one or more of the items in the product specification data set; obtaining metric data from at least one source for each item in the product specification data set, wherein the metric data includes one or more market reference prices for the items in the product specification data set; and using the metric data, calculating a market value of each item in the product specification data set for comparison to the price data in the plurality of price data sets. - View Dependent Claims (86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126)
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127. A computer-implemented method for evaluating the market value of items, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a computer, a product specification data set that identifies at least one item that is defined by two or more parameters, or a plurality of items that differ in accordance with at least one parameter; obtaining metric data from at least one source for each item in the product specification data set, wherein the metric data includes one or more market reference prices for the items in the product specification data set; calculating a market value for each item in the product specification data set from the metric data; and communicating the calculated market values for the items to at least one output. - View Dependent Claims (128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152)
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