Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Finance
Reexamination Certificate
2001-09-12
2009-11-24
Hamilton, Lalita M (Department: 3691)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Finance
C705S037000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07624051
ABSTRACT:
Embodiments of the present invention describe a network-based reverse auction system value discovery system including at least four major customers: consumers, and the three sell-side customers bidder/sellers, product manufacturers, and advertisers who are not also product manufacturers. Initially, a shopping list is constructed containing e.g., widely available goods (WAGs). The shopping list is the base of the value discovery network and ads significant value for each of the four key customers. For consumers, the value discovery system is an easy and convenient way to obtain and feel assured that they have obtained the best deal possible, consistent with their own definition of value. For bidder/sellers, the value discovery system offers a chance to sell products effectively, e.g., in a manner that maximizes profits while building consumer relationships one by one. For product manufacturers, the value discovery system offers a buying channel where marketing and trade promotion of brands, categories, and relationships can be nurtured in direct relationships with consumers and their shopping lists, unmediated by the conflicts and inefficiencies of conventional retail channels. For other advertisers, the data-rich value discovery facilitates communication with those who make important household spending decisions, enabling crafted, precise, messages to be delivered to the right audience.
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Hamilton Lalita M
Icon One, Inc.
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