Method and system and computer program with program code means, and computer program product for evaluating an electronic object for sale in a computer network
OwnerManfred Langeninventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to the evaluation of an electronic object for sale in a computer network. At least an availability period, indicating a period of time during which said electronic object has been for sale in the computer network, and an object count parameter, indicating how many electronic objects of the same type as the electronic object for sale have been sold in the computer network, are detected for the electronic object for sale. The evaluation is made at least depending on the availability period and the object count parameter.
Claims16
Method for evaluating an electronic object offered for sale in a computer network, in which at least the following is determined for the electronic object
- an offer period, which defines how long the electronic object offered has been on offer in the computer network, and
- an object count parameter which defines how many objects of the same type as the offered electronic object have already been sold in the computer network.
- and for which the evaluation is at least determined depending on the offer time and the object count parameter.
Method in accordance with one of the previous claims, in which the evaluation is a price for the electronic object offered or a price is determined for the electronic object offered using the evaluation.
Procedure according to the previous claim, in which the electronic object offered is offered for a specified period in the computer network at the price determined.
Method in accordance with one of the previous claims, in which the dependent variables are weighted in determining the evaluation and/or combined via logical operations and/or rules.
Method in accordance with one of the previous claims, in which the relationships between one of the dependent variables and the evaluation are described in each case using prespecified functional relationships.
Method in accordance with one of the previous claims, in which the dependencies between the dependent variables are taken into account when determining the evaluation.
Method in accordance with one of the previous claims, in which the electronic object offered is sold to a purchaser whereby the sold electronic object is identified by a personal watermark identifying the purchaser.
Method in accordance with one of the previous claims, in which the electronic object offered is an object that can be duplicated any number of times, especially digital data and/or a computer program.
Method in accordance with one of the previous claims, in which the electronic object offered is offered via an Internet and/or an Intranet in the computer network.
System for evaluating an electronic object offered for sale in a computer network with an evaluation unit with which at least the following can be determined for the electronic object offered
- an offer period, which defines how long the electronic object offered has been on offer in the computer network, and
- an object count parameter which defines how many objects of the same type as the offered electronic object have already been sold in the computer network.
- and with which the evaluation is made at least depending on the availability period and the object count parameter.
Computer program product that includes a computer-readable storage medium on which a program is stored which allows a computer, after the program has been loaded into the computer's memory, to execute the following steps to evaluate an electronic object offered for sale in a computer network,
- a) at least the following is determined for the electronic object offered
- an offer period, which defines how long the electronic object offered has been on offer in the computer network, and
- an object count parameter which defines how many objects of the same type as the offered electronic object have already been sold in the computer network.
- b) and the evaluation is made at least depending on the availability period and the object count parameter.
Computer-readable storage medium on which a program is stored which allows a computer, after the program has been loaded into the computer's memory, to execute the following steps to evaluate an electronic object offered for sale in a computer network,
- a) at least the following is determined for the electronic object offered
- an offer period, which defines how long the electronic object offered has been on offer in the computer network, and
- an object count parameter which defines how many objects of the same type as the offered electronic object have already been sold in the computer network.
- b) and the evaluation is made at least depending on the availability period and the object count parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.