| 摘要 |
A warranty transaction system ( 30 ) includes a user interface ( 32 ) that receives a warranty request from a customer computer ( 20 ) using a communications network ( 12 ). The warranty request indicates an item a customer desires to cover under a warranty. The warranty transaction system ( 30 ) also includes a warranty generation engine ( 34 ) that generates one or more warranty packages that are consistent with the warranty request. The warranty packages are created according to one or more rules. The user interface ( 32 ) communicates the warranty packages to the customer computer ( 20 ), receives a selection of at least one warranty package from the customer computer ( 20 ), and communicates the selected warranty package to one or more warranty provider computers ( 40 ) using the communications network ( 12 ). In a more particular embodiment, the user interface ( 32 ) receives bids on the selected warranty package from one or more warranty provider computers ( 40 ) and communicates the bids to the customer computer ( 20 ). The user interface ( 32 ) receives an acceptance of a bid from the customer computer ( 20 ) and communicates the acceptance to the warranty provider computer ( 40 ) that communicated the accepted bid. |
