Buyer-driven purchasing loyalty system and method using an electronic network

An apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving a Request For a Bid (RFB) associated with a sale of a commodity, the RFB identifying a purchase condition associated with the sale of the commodity;
• means for accessing a database responsive to the RFB, the database including a plurality of Conditional Sale Offers (CSOs);
• and
• means for retrieving a first Conditional Sale Offer (CSO) for the sale of the commodity from the database based on conformity of the first CSO with the purchase condition, wherein the first CSO is associated with a first sale condition that is different from the purchase condition.

A computer-readable non-transitory memory device having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a Request For a Bid (RFB) associated with a sale of a commodity, the RFB identifying a purchase condition associated with the sale of the commodity;
• responsive to the RFB, accessing a database including a plurality of Conditional Sale Offers (CSOs);
• and
• retrieving a first Conditional Sale Offer (CSO) for the sale of the commodity from the database based on conformity of the first CSO with the purchase condition, wherein the first CSO is associated with a first sale condition that is different from the purchase condition.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a memory device configured to store instructions associated with an application program;
• and
• a processor that, in response to executing the instructions stored in the memory device, is configured to:
• receive a Request For a Bid (RFB) associated with a sale of a commodity, the RFB identifying a purchase condition associated with the sale of the commodity;
• access a database responsive to the RFB, the database including a plurality of Conditional Sale Offers (CSOs);
• and
• retrieve a first Conditional Sale Offer (CSO) for the sale of the commodity from the database based on conformity of the first CSO with the purchase condition, wherein the first CSO is associated with a first sale condition that is different from the purchase condition.