System and method for managing and evaluating network commodities purchasing
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, in response to execution by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to:
- receive a product specification data set that includes one or more items;
receive 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;
obtain 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, calculate 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 computer-readable storage medium contains instructions that cause one or more computing devices to receive a product specification data set identifying one or more items, and price data sets that include one or more items and corresponding price data. For each price data set, metric data is obtained which includes one or more market reference prices for the items in the price data set. A market value of the items is calculated for comparison to the price data in the price data set. The instructions may also cause the one or more computing devices to compare 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 a 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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112 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, in response to execution by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to:
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receive a product specification data set that includes one or more items; receive 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; obtain 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, calculate 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)
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21. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, in response to execution by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to:
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receive a product specification data set that identifies a plurality of items that differ in accordance with at least one parameter; receive 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; obtain 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, calculate 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 (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, in response to execution by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to:
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receive a product specification data set that identifies one or more items, wherein at least one of the items is defined by two or more parameter values; receive 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; obtain 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, calculate 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 (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, in response to execution by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to:
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receive at least one product specification data set that identifies at least one item defined by two or more parameters, or a plurality of items that differ in accordance with at least one parameter; obtain 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 item or items in the product specification data set; calculate a market value for each item in the product specification data set from the metric data; and communicate the calculated market values to at least one output. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A computer-implemented method for evaluating the market value of items, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a computer, one or more price data sets, wherein each price data set specifies at least one item defined by two or more parameters, or a plurality of items that vary in accordance with at least one parameter, and price data corresponding to the item or items in the price data sets; obtaining metric data from at least one source, wherein the metric data includes market reference data responsive to the items in the one or more price data sets; and using the market reference data to calculate a market value for each of the items in the one or more price data sets for comparison. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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74. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, in response to execution by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to:
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receive one or more price data sets, wherein each price data set specifies at least one item defined by two or more parameters, or a plurality of items that vary in accordance with at least one parameter, and price data corresponding to the item or items in the price data sets; obtain metric data from at least one source, wherein the metric data includes market reference data responsive to the items in the one or more price data sets; and use the market reference data to calculate a market value for each of the items in the one or more price data sets for comparison. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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85. A computer-implemented method for evaluating the market value of items, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a computer, one or more product specification data sets and/or price data sets, wherein each data set specifies at least one item defined by two or more parameters, or a plurality of items that vary in accordance with at least one parameter; and for each data set; obtaining metric data from at least one source, wherein the metric data includes one or more market reference prices responsive to the items in the data set; and using the metric data to calculate a market price for each item in the one or more product specification data sets or price data sets for comparison. - View Dependent Claims (86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106)
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107. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, in response to execution by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to:
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receive one or more product specification data sets and/or price data sets, wherein each data set specifies at least one item defined by two or more parameters, or a plurality of items that vary in accordance with at least one parameter; obtain metric data from at least one source, wherein the metric data includes one or more market reference prices responsive to the items in each data set; and using the metric data, calculate a market price for each of the items in the one or more product specification data sets or price data sets for comparison. - View Dependent Claims (108, 109, 110, 111, 112)
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