Methods and software for a pricing-method-agnostic ecommerce marketplace for manufacturing services
US11276095B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 15, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0641
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for automatically generating, transmitting, and receiving one or more price requests and corresponding pricing from one or more price-providers. In some embodiments, such systems and methods are embodied in a pricing-method-agnostic ecommerce marketplace that allows each price-provider to select the pricing method it desires to use to generate its price for a corresponding price request. Examples of differing pricing methods include methods utilizing “stock” pricing engines of differing sophistication, customized pricing engines, pricing engines split between the marketplace and a price-provider, and/or pricing engines located offboard the marketplace, as well as pricing methods that are performed entirely outside the control of the marketplace, among others. Various corresponding and related systems, methods, and software are described.
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