Individual online price adjustments in real time
US9659317B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 24, 2011 |
| Grant date | May 23, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 7, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0631
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for adjusting prices for goods and services offered using a computer network. In one embodiment, data relating to goods and services offered over the computer network by a number of entities using the computer network are stored in a database, communications are monitored, using the computer network, to identify an interest of a user, and this interest of the user and the data in the database are used to identify one of the entities to offer a specified product or service to the user. Information is obtained relating to a price for the specified product or service, and this information and the data in the database are used to determine an adjusted price for the specified product or service. In one embodiment, the information the user has about a price for the specified product or service is used to determine the adjusted price.
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