METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOWING BUYERS TO PLACE INTENDED PURCHASE OFFERS AND REWARD THE BUYERS FOR THEIR INTENDED PURCHASE OFFERS

摘要

The invention is a method and apparatus for allowing buyers to place intended purchase offers and rewarding them whenever they receive counter offers from sellers even before they make the purchases. The invention allows prospective buyers of goods or services to communicate their intended purchase offers, to display their offers on the apparatus for sellers to see and to allow sellers to accept or and counter offer. Buyers get rewarded whenever they receive offers from sellers. The apparatus in the invention consists of a central controller to process purchase offers and counter offers, a database to store information about buyers, sellers, their purchase offers and counter offers, an interface for buyers and an interface for sellers.

主权项

1. A method for using a system to allow a transaction between a buyer and at least one seller of a plurality of sellers, the method comprising the steps of:
inputting into the system a purchase offer from the buyer; displaying the purchase offer globally on a plurality of display monitors; and outputting the purchase offer to the plurality of sellers.