Online offer and bid management with sealed bids
US8103574B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 29, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 15, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q40/04
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer system for a manufacturer or service provider to communicate goods or services which are available for bidding by bidders that provides collected bids in a bid database, the bids each having an associated seal status indication field queries the bid database for unsealed bids which match parameters of a Broker Profile Matrix associated with a trader console, the trader console comprising an intermediary third party user console communicably disposed between a bidder user console and broker user console, operates to buy products or services from the broker user console and to resell the bought products and services to the bidder user console; responsive to finding matching unsealed bids, delivers the matching unsealed bids to the trader console wherein delivery of delivery of sealed bids to the trader console is prevented; and displays on the trader console the delivered matching unsealed bids to a trader console user.
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