Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Electronic shopping
Reexamination Certificate
2002-05-21
2008-10-21
Fadok, Mark (Department: 3625)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Electronic shopping
C705S027200
Reexamination Certificate
active
07440911
ABSTRACT:
A method for distributed quote management includes receiving a buyer request for quote (RFQ) from a buyer. The buyer RFQ requests a quote from a seller and identifies multiple items. The method includes automatically determining a best cost of each item in the buyer RFQ. The method includes automatically generating a quote for the buyer RFQ using the determined best costs of the items in the buyer RFQ. The method includes automatically generating a bid package for the buyer RFQ that includes the generated quote and automatically communicating the generated bid package to the buyer.
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Allison James Richard
Aulakh Nameeta
Burich Paul
Fors John
Hayes Gayle
Booth Udall, PLC
Fadok Mark
i2Technologies, US, Inc.
Laureanti Steven J.
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