Method of facilitating value-based bartering over the internet
US8671026B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 1, 2011 |
| Grant date | Mar 11, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 7, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q50/188
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and system of facilitating value-based bartering over the internet are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system of e-commerce includes a computer network, a server to host a market place website, a listing module to enable an entity to assign a specified value to a good and to list the good for trade on the market place website such that the listing of the good will expire after being posted for a specified period of time, a trade module to enable an entity to trade the good for an other good of an other entity on the market place website, a search module to enable the entity to search a list of goods on the market place website.
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