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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8095450 | Method and apparatus for facilitating a transaction between a buyer and one seller A seller server receives an offer which specifies a type of product (e.g. a seat on a flight), at least one condition (e.g. destination and date of departure), and an offer price specified by a buyer. The seller server also receives an associated payment identifier ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095401 | Bounce back method, system and apparatus A customer whose conditional purchase offer (CPO) has been accepted may receive a bounce back offer from a vendor (supplier-partner) of other services or products. The bounce back process determines whether a supplier-partner can participate in a bounce back transac... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086653 | Conditional purchase offer management system A conditional purchase offer (CPO) management system is disclosed for receiving CPOs from one or more customers, such as airline passengers, and for evaluating the received CPOs against a number of CPO rules defined by a plurality of sellers, such as airlines, to de... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082221 | Conditional purchase offer management system A conditional purchase offer (CPO) management system is disclosed for receiving CPOs from one or more customers, such as airline passengers, and for evaluating the received CPOs against a number of CPO rules defined by a plurality of sellers, such as airlines, to de... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082182 | Apparatus, method and system for demand reporting and affectation An apparatus, system, and method for dynamic demand monitoring and/or affectation uniquely allows a provider to access, utilize and/or integrate demand setting, reporting, and updating into a commerce system. In one non-limiting example embodiment, the present discl... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082180 | Conditional purchase offer management system A conditional purchase offer (CPO) management system is disclosed for receiving CPOs from one or more customers, such as airline passengers, and for evaluating the received CPOs against a number of CPO rules defined by a plurality of sellers, such as airlines, to de... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8041621 | Automated ticket selling system having a maximum price setting According to the present invention, a buyer may submit a listing containing a description of an item desired to be purchased, such as an airline ticket, to an operator of an automated selling system. The automated selling system may be a server or series of servers ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7848940 | Method, system and apparatus to facilitate conditional purchase orders with bounce back functionality A conditional purchase offer (CPO) management system, including bounce back capability, provides for receiving CPOs from one or more customers, such as airline passengers, and for evaluating the received CPOs against a number of CPO rules defined by a plurality of s... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7620619 | Conditional purchase offer management system A conditional purchase offer (CPO) management system is disclosed for receiving CPOs from one or more customers, such as airline passengers, and for evaluating the received CPOs against a number of CPO rules defined by a plurality of sellers, such as airlines, to de... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7617491 | Apparatus, system, and method for validating network communications data An apparatus, system, and method for the improved validation of information across a communications network provide a common validation rules library that may be accessed and executed either by a client or server. The provision of a minimal amount of logic either to... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7386508 | Method and apparatus for facilitating a transaction between a buyer and one seller A seller server receives an offer which specifies a type of product (e.g. a seat on a flight), at least one condition (e.g. destination and date of departure), and an offer price specified by a buyer. The seller server also receives an associated payment identifier ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7333941 | System and method for optimizing revenue and/or bookings from collected demand data in a buyer driven commerce system Methods for optimizing hotel revenues for a predetermined sale margin, optimizing room nights for a predetermined amount of margin, optimizing margin amounts for a predetermined amount of room nights, and reports based on the same are disclosed. Demand data is colle... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7203660 | Apparatus, system, and method for dynamic demand reporting and affectation An apparatus, system, and method for dynamic demand monitoring and/or affectation uniquely allows a provider to access, utilize and/or integrate demand setting, reporting, and updating into a commerce system. In one non-limiting example embodiment, the present discl... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7188176 | Apparatus, system, and method for maintaining a persistent data state on a communications network The present invention is an apparatus, system, and method for the improved tracking of a data state. The present invention allows session states to be maintained by sites that run on multiple, load-balanced servers. The present invention removes a single point of fa... | 03/06/2007 |
| 6993503 | System and method for allocating a conditional purchase offer for a travel related services reservation to one of a plurality of entities in a buyer driven electronic commerce system A system and method of allocating a conditional purchase offer for a product or service to one of a plurality of entities in a buyer-driven system. The conditional purchase offer for the product or service in a specified relevant market area is received and at least... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6553346 | Conditional purchase offer (CPO) management system for packages A conditional purchase offer (CPO) management system for receiving and processing CPOs for packages of component goods or services. The package CPO management system preferably deconstructs an overall package CPO into component CPOs which are individually... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6510418 | Method and apparatus for detecting and deterring the submission of similar offers in a commerce system A system and method for processing buyer offers of products, to diminish the occurrence of similar, repetitive offers whereby buyers "ping" to determine a confidential floor price for the products. In one embodiment, a first offer is received from a buyer... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6484153 | System and method for managing third-party input to a conditional purchase offer (CPO) A central controller receives an offer signal including at least one condition signal. The offer signal defines an offer having at least one condition from a customer. The central controller also receives a payment identifier signal for specifying an acco... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6466919 | System and method for aggregating multiple buyers utilizing conditional purchase offers (CPOS) An aggregate conditional purchase offer (CPO) management system for receiving and processing CPOs from buyers for one or more goods or services is disclosed. Received CPOs are processed to determine whether the CPO should be provided to sellers individual... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6356878 | Conditional purchase offer buyer agency system A conditional purchase offer (CPO) buyer agency system is disclosed for processing variable conditional purchase offers (CPOs) containing at least one variable condition. If a posted CPO is not accepted by at least one seller for a predefined period of ti... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6345090 | Conditional purchase offer management system for telephone calls A conditional purchase offer (CPO) management system is disclosed for receiving and processing CPOs for telephone calls from calling parties. The CPO management system processes the CPO to determine whether one or more long distance carriers is willing to... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6332129 | Method and system for utilizing a psychographic questionnaire in a buyer-driven commerce system A system for processing the sale of goods and services includes a psychographic questionnaire to gather and assess buyers' needs and purchasing patterns. In a buyer-driven commerce system, the questionnaire is used to gather information based upon which t... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6240396 | Conditional purchase offer management system for event tickets A system for managing conditional purchase offers is disclosed where an individual searching for a ticket to a particular event may provide a guaranteed purchase offer to a plurality of potential sellers. Various methods and systems for completing such a ... | 05/29/2001 |
