Facilitating purchase of excess items
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying at least one program executable in a computing device, the at least one program comprising:
- code that determines an availability and at least one first ticket price associated with a plurality of tickets for attending an event;
code that retrieves a listing of purchasers of at least one of the plurality of tickets for the event from a ticket merchant, the at least one of the plurality of tickets being purchased at the at least one first ticket price from the ticket merchant;
code that obtains a listing of contacts associated with the listing of purchasers, the listing of contacts obtained from a third party social networking site;
code that determines a listing of target ticket purchasers based at least in part upon the listing of contacts, the listing of target ticket purchasers being mutually exclusive of the listing of purchasers; and
code that generates an electronic communication embodying an offer listing to the target ticker purchasers for purchasing from an excess supply of the plurality of tickets through an electronic commerce system, the offer listing referencing the excess supply of the plurality of tickets and at least one second ticket price, the at least one second ticket price being a portion of the at least one first ticket price.
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Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating the purchase of excess items. In one embodiment, customer information and inventory data are retrieved from a merchant client. A determination is made on whether excess items exist. A list of target purchasers is generated based on data associated with a user account, and offers are generated and sent by electronic communication to the list of target purchasers.
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26 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying at least one program executable in a computing device, the at least one program comprising:
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code that determines an availability and at least one first ticket price associated with a plurality of tickets for attending an event; code that retrieves a listing of purchasers of at least one of the plurality of tickets for the event from a ticket merchant, the at least one of the plurality of tickets being purchased at the at least one first ticket price from the ticket merchant; code that obtains a listing of contacts associated with the listing of purchasers, the listing of contacts obtained from a third party social networking site; code that determines a listing of target ticket purchasers based at least in part upon the listing of contacts, the listing of target ticket purchasers being mutually exclusive of the listing of purchasers; and code that generates an electronic communication embodying an offer listing to the target ticker purchasers for purchasing from an excess supply of the plurality of tickets through an electronic commerce system, the offer listing referencing the excess supply of the plurality of tickets and at least one second ticket price, the at least one second ticket price being a portion of the at least one first ticket price. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method, comprising:
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determining, by at least one computing device, an availability and at least one first item price associated with a plurality of items; determining, by the at least one computing device, a listing of initial purchasers of at least one of the plurality of items, the at least one of the plurality of items being purchased by the listing of initial purchasers at the at least one first item price; obtaining, by the at least one computing device, a listing of contacts associated with the listing of initial purchasers, the listing of contacts obtained from a third party social networking site; determining, by the at least one computing device, a listing of target purchasers based at least in part upon the listing of contacts, the listing of target purchasers being mutually exclusive of the listing of initial purchasers; generating, by the at least one computing device, an offer listing for purchasing from an excess of the plurality of items at at least one second item price; and providing the offer listing to the listing of target purchasers. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system, comprising:
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at least one computing device; and an item recommendation application executable in the at least one computing device, the item recommendation application comprising; logic that retrieves a listing of at least one purchaser of an item, the at least one purchaser having purchased the item at at least one first price; logic that obtains a listing of contacts associated with the listing of at least one purchaser, the listing of contacts obtained from a third party social networking site; logic that determines at least one target purchaser for purchasing from an excel inventory of the item based at least in part upon the listing of contacts; logic that determines at least one different price for purchasing from the excess inventory of the item; and logic that provides an offer listing to the at least one target purchaser, the offer listing providing a recommendation referencing the excess inventory of the item, the offer listing further referencing the at least one different price. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method, comprising:
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determining, by at least one computing device, a listing of prospective purchasers of an excess item based at least in part on social networking data corresponding to a listing of contacts for at least one purchaser of the item, wherein the listing of contacts is obtained from a third party social networking site; determining, by the at least one computing device, a listing of target purchasers from the listing or prospective purchasers based at least in part on application of at least one criteria associated with the listing of prospective purchasers; generating, by the at least one computing device, an offer listing for purchasing from the excess of the item; and providing the offer listing to the listing of target purchasers. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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