Quote system
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1. A method comprising:
- providing a website that receives a request for quotes (RFQ) from a buyer-business;
providing control to a seller-business via the website to authorize the buyer-business to receive quotes on behalf of the seller-business; and
charging a fee to the seller-businesses for quotes delivered to the buyer-business on behalf of the seller-businesses.
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Abstract
Methods, computer executable program instructions, and systems including program instructions are provided for use with quotes. A method embodiment includes providing a website that receives a request for quotes (RFQ) from a buyer-business. The method also includes providing control to a seller-business via the website to authorize the buyer-business to receive quotes on behalf of the seller-business. The method further includes charging a fee to the seller-businesses for quotes delivered to the buyer-business on behalf of the seller-businesses.
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1. A method comprising:
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providing a website that receives a request for quotes (RFQ) from a buyer-business; providing control to a seller-business via the website to authorize the buyer-business to receive quotes on behalf of the seller-business; and charging a fee to the seller-businesses for quotes delivered to the buyer-business on behalf of the seller-businesses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method comprising:
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providing a website that displays a number of quotes to a buyer-business in response to a request for quotes (RFQ) received via the website from the buyer-business; displaying the number of quotes with information from a number of price lists stored in a database associated with the website; charging a fee to a seller-business for quotes displayed to the buyer-business on behalf of the seller-business, payable to a provider of the website; and providing control to the seller-business to restrict the website from displaying quotes to the buyer-business on behalf of the seller-business. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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providing a website for facilitating business-to-business transactions of stone slab products; maintaining a database for storing product information for each of a first number of stone sellers; associating, with a stone buyer, a second number of stone sellers that accept a request to associate from the stone buyer via the website; receiving, via the website, a request for quotes (RFQ) from the stone buyer for a project including a number of products; displaying, via the website, a quote to the stone buyer for the project on behalf of the second number of stone sellers based on product information stored in the database; and charging a fee to the second number of stone sellers for the quote provided to the stone buyer, payable to a provider of the website. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer readable medium having instructions storable thereon and executable by a processor to cause a device to perform a method, comprising:
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providing a first interface to a buyer-business for; making a request for quotes (RFQ) for a product; and receiving quotes for the product on behalf of a number of seller-businesses; providing a second interface to a seller-businesses for; adjusting product price and availability information; and restricting the buyer-business from receiving quotes on behalf of the seller-business; and charging a fee to the seller-businesses, payable to a provider of the first and second interfaces, for quotes received by the buyer-business on behalf of the seller-business. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
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a processor; a memory, connected to the processor; and program instructions storable in the memory and executable by the processor to provide a website that functions to; provide a first interface allowing a buyer-business to; request authorization to receive quotes on behalf of a number of seller-businesses; and receive a number of quotes for a design specification including one or more products; provide a second interface allowing a seller-business to; selectively approve authorization requests from buyer-business; and adjust price and availability information for one or more products; and charge a fee, payable to a provider of the website, to the seller-business for the number of quotes received by the buyer-business on behalf of the seller-business. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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