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Fuel offering and purchase management system

  • US 8,478,683 B2
  • Filed: 12/23/2011
  • Issued: 07/02/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer processor-implemented method to provide commodity offerings, comprising:

  • setting at least one commodity offering term for a commodity offering;

    determining, by a computer processor, at least one commodity offering pricing value based on the at least one commodity offering term and at least one commodity offering pricing model for the commodity offering;

    providing the commodity offering for selection by a customer, wherein the commodity offering includes two or more associations, each association including a strike price, a premium, and a offer quantity;

    receiving, at the computer processor, indication of a purchase of the commodity offering by the customer, wherein the purchase includes a selection of one of the two or more associations and an indication of payment of the premium of the selected association;

    receiving, at the computer processor, an indication of an exercise of the purchased commodity offering including an exercise price and an exercise quantity;

    updating, by the computer processor, a remaining offer quantity associated with the purchased commodity offering based on the exercise quantity and the offer quantity of the selected association; and

    providing payment to the customer for the exercised commodity offering based on the strike price of the selected association, the exercise price, and the exercise quantity.

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