SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEARCHABLE TIME-BASED OFFERS
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Abstract
A multiple criteria buying and selling system and method is provided. A seller initially establishes a deal structure for a product, which provides seller defined selling criteria information relating to the purchasing of the product, such as volume per unit price, quality, delivery time and warranty information. A buyer will be able to review a list of deals if the seller'"'"'s selling criteria matches a buyer defined buying criteria. The deal structure is preferably set up so as to provide buyers with both price and non-price criteria information that the buyer'"'"'s would consider important in a purchase of the type of product being offered by the seller. The deal structure is electronically made available to potential buyers of the product. For example, the deal structure may be displayed on an Internet site.
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2. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon instructions executable by a processor to:
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receive product data from a merchant associated with selling a good or service, the product data including; defined characteristics of the good or service, and an established value of the good or service; construct an index of offers according to a category of the good or service associated with the product data, wherein the index is searchable according to the category or the product data; and receive a search query including at least one of; the product data, a buyer-generated criterion related to a desired good or service, the buyer-generated criterion not provided as a part of the product data, and a quality value associated with the good or service, wherein the at least one of the product data, the buyer-generated criterion, or the quality value received as part of the search query constitute a range; and output search results responsive to the search query.
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17. A system that facilitates the sale of a good or service, the system comprising:
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a network communications interface that receives product data from a merchant associated with selling a good or service; a processor; and a memory that stores the product data, the product data including; defined characteristics of the good or service, and an established value of the good or service, the memory further storing instructions executable by the processor to; construct an index of offers according to a category of the good or service associated with the product data, wherein the index is searchable according to the category or the product data, and output results responsive to a search query, the search query including at least one of; the product data, a buyer-generated criterion related to a desired good or service, the buyer-generated criterion not provided as a part of the product registration data, and a quality value associated with the good or service, wherein the at least one of the product data, buyer-generated criterion, or quality value is received as part of the search query constitute a range. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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