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US 2012/0084173 A1Published application
Method, computer program product and system for dynamically pricing peerishable goods
OwnerAnders Goran Ekholminventor
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Method for dynamically pricing perishable goods with objective of selling all items before point in time any remaining items become worthless, the method comprising: a) controlling time-to-live parameter (TTL) corresponding to maximum time period (t=tn) an item is good for sale, and if time-to-live parameter (TTL)≦tn, then; b) counting down update frequency time period until price is updated; c) if interest to buy the goods is received, offering temporarily fixed price Pfreeze equal to current price for a limited period; d) automatically updating current price according to expressed interest; e) accepting order at temporarily fixed price if order is received within limited time period; f) rejecting the order if order is received after limited time period; g) automatically updating current price in accordance with time of receiving accepted order or elapsing of update frequency time period, and automatically repeating the steps b)-g) until time period equals time-to-live parameter.
A method for dynamically pricing perishable goods in a goods order system, the method comprising the steps of:
A computer program product comprising computer-readable medium comprising code for causing a computer to:
A system for dynamically pricing perishable goods in a goods order system comprising a network of interconnected nodes operatively linked, wherein the governing node comprises at least one database, a computing device and data storage, wherein the database comprises a readable and writeable register, or data memory, wherein information related to registered items of goods, in particular perishable items of goods of goods, are stored, wherein the database is arranged to store the registered items of goods for sale offered on the virtual market place and updated information relative to the contents, wherein the governing node is arranged to cause a computer to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.