| 摘要 |
A system and related method are provided to generate and finalize a request for sale (RFS). The system controls commerce between buyers and sellers, which is transmitted over a communication network and initiated and driven by buyer bids. In a preferred embodiment, the system allows buyers to research products and financing terms, decide on a price they would like to pay for a product, and communicate an RFS either globally to all available sellers or to a select number of filtered sellers. The system then transmits the offer to appropriate sellers. The sellers have the option to accept a buyer's RFS or to counter the RFS with different parameters. When a purchase price has been accepted, a request for sale is finalized and a non-binding agreement to purchase terms is established. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method using a computer system for generating and finalizing a request for sale (RFS) for a product, comprising:
obtaining from an RFS database an RFS from a user for a product, the RFS comprising a product identifier and purchase terms for binding the user to a purchase; analyzing the RFS, via a computer processor, to match the RFS to a subset of sellers of the product based upon prescribed parameters; providing the RFS to the subset of sellers, via digital communications, so that the subset of seller can elect to accept the RFS, provide a counter offer to the RFS, or decline the RFS, wherein the election is only open for a prescribed time; binding the user and a seller of the subset of sellers that elects to accept the RFS under the terms of the accepted RFS, thereafter inhibiting the user from receiving any counter offer to the RFS via the system; and wherein if none of the subset of sellers accepts the RFS, and if the user accepts a counter RFS from a seller of the subset of sellers, binding the user and the seller to the terms of the accepted counter RFS. |
