Collaborative bargaining
AssigneeBridgewell Inc.
InventorPeilin Chou
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Abstract
A collaborative bargaining system receives expressions of interest from potential buyers of an item. The collaborative bargaining system receives bids from sellers of the item. Each bid consists of a price per item based on a minimum quantity of items. A time limited exclusive opportunity is awarded to one seller of the item to obtain from the interest group a commitment to buy the minimum quantity of items at the price per item as bid by the one seller. Sales of the item are closed when the interest group commits to buy the minimum quantity of items.
Claims19
A collaborative bargaining system comprising:
- a case interest block, the case interest block placing potential buyers of an item into an interest group for the item when the potential buyers of the item indicate to the collaborative bargaining system an interest in purchasing the item;
- a case bidding block that receives bids from sellers of the item, each bid consisting of a price per item based on a minimum quantity of items to be sold;
- an exclusive selling time block that awards one seller of the item a time limited exclusive opportunity to obtain from the interest group a commitment to buy the minimum quantity of items at the price per item as bid by the one seller;
- and,
- case close block that closes sales of the item when the interest group commits to buy the minimum quantity of items.
A computer implemented method performed by a collaborative bargaining system comprising:
- placing potential buyers of an item into an interest group for the item when the potential buyers of the item indicate to the collaborative bargaining system an interest in purchasing the item;
- receiving by the collaborative bargaining system bids from sellers of the item, each bid consisting of a price per item based on a minimum quantity of items;
- awarding a time limited exclusive opportunity to one seller of the item a time limited exclusive opportunity to obtain from the interest group a commitment to buy the minimum quantity of items at the price per item as bid by the one seller;
- and,
- closing sales of the item when the interest group commits to buy the minimum quantity of items at the price per item as bid by the one seller.
A computer implemented method performed by a collaborative bargaining system comprising:
- receiving by the collaborative bargaining system expressions of interest from potential buyers of an item;
- receiving by the collaborative bargaining system bids from sellers of the item, each bid consisting of a price per item based on a minimum quantity of items;
- awarding a time limited exclusive opportunity to one seller of the item a time limited exclusive opportunity to obtain from the interest group a commitment to buy the minimum quantity of items at the price per item as bid by the one seller;
- and,
- closing sales of the item when the interest group commits to buy the minimum quantity of items at the price per item as bid by the one seller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.