Designating a parting price for a physical item in the control of a user
AssigneeiTaggit, Inc.
InventorsDAVID ALLEN ALTOUNIAN, SHANNON HOLMES
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Abstract
An item data management server provides for parting price for physical item inventories as a whole, in which the parting prices are subjectively based upon a value judgment for corresponding physical items and operates as an invitation for another user to make an offer for the physical item. The parting price for a physical item may also be based upon a factor of the estimated valuation data for the physical item.
Claims36
A method for operating an item data management server to designate a parting price for a plurality of physical items in the control of a user based upon a plurality of physical item data records corresponding to the plurality of physical items in the control of a user, the item data management server communicatively coupled to a user terminal and a plurality of servers via at least one data network, the method comprising:
- based upon a query sent to the user terminal, identifying a plurality of physical item data records that correspond to a plurality of physical items in the control of the user;
- for each physical item data record:
- in response to a parting price command, presenting a parting price query to the user terminal;
- based upon a response to the parting price query to the user terminal, receiving the parting price for the corresponding physical item, wherein the parting price is subjectively based upon a value judgment of the corresponding physical item and operates as an invitation to others to make a transactional offer for the corresponding physical item;
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- altering the physical item data record to include the parting price for the corresponding physical item;
- creating a web page that includes a parting price for each of a plurality of physical items corresponding to the plurality of physical item data records;
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- sending the web page to the user terminal.
A method for operating an item data management server to designate a parting price for a plurality of physical items in the control of a user based upon a plurality of physical item data records corresponding to the plurality of physical items in the control of a user, the item data management server communicatively coupled to a user terminal and a plurality of servers via at least one data network, the method comprising:
- based upon a query sent to the user terminal, identifying a physical item data record that correspond to a physical item in the control of the user;
- in response to a parting price command, presenting a parting price query to the user terminal;
- based upon a response to the parting price query to the user terminal, receiving the parting price for the corresponding physical item, wherein the parting price is subjectively based upon a value judgment for the corresponding physical item and operates as an invitation to others to make a transactional offer for the corresponding physical item;
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- creating a web page that includes the estimated valuation range for the physical item corresponding to the physical item data record, wherein the estimated valuation data includes at least one of a data range or a data average;
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- sending the web page to the user terminal.
An item data management server to value a plurality of physical items in the control of a user based upon a plurality of physical item data records corresponding to the plurality of physical items in the control of a user, the item data management server communicatively coupled to a user terminal and a plurality of servers via at least one data network, the item data management server comprises:
- processing circuitry;
- a network interface operably coupled to the processing circuitry that supports data transmission with the at least one data network;
- a user interface operably coupled to the processing circuitry;
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- memory operably coupled to the processing circuitry, wherein the memory stores operational instructions that cause the processing circuitry to:
- based upon a query sent to the user terminal, identify a physical item data record that correspond to a physical item in the control of the user;
- in response to a parting price command, presenting a parting price query to the user terminal;
- based upon a response to the parting price query to the user terminal, receiving a parting price for the corresponding physical item, wherein the parting price is subjectively based upon a value judgment for the corresponding physical item and operates as an invitation to others to make a transactional offer for the corresponding physical item;
- altering the identified physical item data record to include the parting price for the corresponding item;
- create a web page that includes the estimated valuation range for the physical item corresponding to the physical item data record, wherein the estimated valuation data includes at least one of a data range or a data average;
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- send the web page to the user terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.