| 摘要 |
A business model/process is described for conducting business transactions over the Internet, allowing buyers to reduce the price of the selected product/service based on the buyer's performance during a collateral activity. Sellers offer the product/service within a specified price range, and buyers accept the offer, in exchange for the opportunity to close the transaction at the lowest price offered by achieving a high score or performance rating during the collateral activity. The ultimate price is within the agreed upon range, but is determined based upon the buyer's performance and scaled to the performance at the collateral activity. The price may change throughout performance of the collateral activity, and the available price at any given time may be displayed or otherwise made available to the buyer. The price change may be continuous, at intervals, in response to certain events, etc. The activity may be a video game, electronic board game, sports bet, card game, or any other activity, and may be performed against the seller, a pre-programmed software opponent, a computer opponent, another buyer competing for the same or a different product, a player participating as a player only and not as a buyer, or anyone or anything else. |
| 主权项 |
1. A system for conducting an ecommerce sales transaction over a global communications network, the system comprising at least one database and at least one computer server having access to the global communications network, the system being programmed to perform a method comprising the steps of:
communicating to a participant via the global communication network, a description of a product; receiving a first request from the participant to buy the product for a price to be determined within a price range; receiving a second request from the participant to allow the price to be determined within a price range based upon participation in an auction and participation in a competitive activity; receiving data from the participant over the global communication network, said data representing the participation of the participant in the auction, wherein the auction occurs during a countdown period defined by a start time and an end time; and using an algorithm to calculate a purchase price of the product based at least partially upon results of the participation in the competitive activity and at least partially based on results of the auction, wherein the participant submits at least one bid in the auction over the global communications network, the competitive activity is not the auction, and the purchase price is less than an original price of the product. |
