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Conducting commerce between individuals

  • US 9,665,862 B2
  • Filed: 04/18/2012
  • Issued: 05/30/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/19/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of integrating the shipping of goods with the purchase of the goods on an auction site, the method comprising:

  • facilitating a transaction between an individual seller and an individual buyer on a transaction server connected to a network, the transaction server recording a purchase price of the goods, a first account for the buyer and a second account for the seller, wherein the individual buyer and the individual seller participate in an online auction;

    receiving an indication of a chosen shipping method by which to ship the goods from the seller to the buyer;

    receiving information regarding the goods to be shipped;

    calculating a shipping price for the goods based on the chosen shipping method and the received information regarding the goods to be shipped; and

    debiting the first account of the buyer and crediting the second account of the seller to complete the purchase transaction, wherein the method further comprisescreating a transaction record for the transaction, the transaction record including a weight of the goods.

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