System and method for conducting sales
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- identifying, by a processor, a first item that satisfies a purchase inquiry, wherein the first item is available for sale at a discount price;
identifying a second item that is comparable to the first item, wherein the second item is not available for sale at the discount price;
presenting, by the processor, the discount price and a comparable group comprising the first item and the second item, wherein the comparable group does not disclose which of the first item and the second item is available for sale at the discount price;
receiving a commitment from a user to purchase an item from the comparable group at the discount price; and
disclosing the first item in response to the commitment.
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Abstract
Disclosed are systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable storage media for conducting sales. The method embodiment receives a time agnostic inquiry with at least one parameter from a user associated with a sale of an item, identifies one or more discount items that satisfy the inquiry, identifies comparable items for each discount item at nondiscount rates dynamically using real-time data, presents one or more comparable groups, each comparable group including one discount item and the respective comparable items, and furthers the sales process based on user input responding to the presented one or more comparable groups. Also disclosed is a method further including receiving a request from the user for multiple sub-items associated with the item, and engaging in a dialog with the user to enable payment for each of the sub-items with one of multiple payment types. The user can indicate a set of personalized comparable items.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying, by a processor, a first item that satisfies a purchase inquiry, wherein the first item is available for sale at a discount price; identifying a second item that is comparable to the first item, wherein the second item is not available for sale at the discount price; presenting, by the processor, the discount price and a comparable group comprising the first item and the second item, wherein the comparable group does not disclose which of the first item and the second item is available for sale at the discount price; receiving a commitment from a user to purchase an item from the comparable group at the discount price; and disclosing the first item in response to the commitment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory having stored therein instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising; identifying a first item that satisfies a purchase inquiry, wherein the first item is available for sale at a discount price; identifying a second item that is comparable to the first item, wherein the second item is not available for sale at the discount price; presenting the discount price and a comparable group comprising the first item and the second item, wherein the comparable group does not disclose which of the first item and the second item is available for sale at the discount price; receiving a commitment from a user to purchase from the comparable group at the discount price; and disclosing the first item in response to the commitment. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
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identifying a first item that satisfies a purchase inquiry, wherein the first item is available for sale at a discount price; identifying a second item that is comparable to the first item, wherein the second item is not available for sale at the discount price; presenting the discount price and a comparable group comprising the first item and the second item, wherein the comparable group does not disclose which of the first item and the second item is available for sale at the discount price; receiving a commitment from a user to purchase from the comparable group at the discount price; and disclosing the first item in response to the commitment. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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