Electronic pricing machine configured to generate prices based on supplier willingness and a user interface therefor
US11423449B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 23, 2017 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 28, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F30/10
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and software facilitate supplier willingness awareness in a marketplace of suppliers of structures represented and/or specified in a design. In some embodiments, methods and software of the present disclosure allow each of any one or more designers participating in an automated marketplace to view a list of suppliers that are willing to fabricate a particular design and/or prices associated with fabricating such a design such that the designers can quickly and easily identify suppliers that are not only capable of fabricating particular designs but also willing to do so. Such a list may be generated by comparing a list of objective requirements for a design, which may be generated from fabrication data associated with a designer's request for price or computer aided design file, to willingness data associated with one or more suppliers.
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