Patent ID: 9324109
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: generating, via at least one of one or more computing devices, a selling rule user interface associated with an electronic commerce system, the selling rule user interface configured to facilitate receiving at least one selling rule from a seller, the selling rule user interface comprising an asking term selection component, a value entry component, and a timing price component, the at least one selling rule associated with an offer to sell a product extended by the seller, the at least one selling rule authorizing a deviation from one of a plurality of asking terms of the offer to sell in order to consummate a transaction for sale of the product by matching the plurality of the asking terms of the offer to sell with at least one purchase term of a purchase offer that is pending, the asking term selection component configured to receive a selection of the one of the plurality of asking terms, and the value entry component configured to receive a value associated with the deviation from the one of the plurality of asking terms, and the timing price component configured to present a pricing of the product over a period of time; causing, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, the selling rule user interface to be transmitted to a seller device associated with the seller; causing, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, the at least one selling rule to be stored in a storage device associated with the electronic commerce system in response to receiving the at least one selling rule from the seller device, individual ones of the plurality of asking terms comprising at least one of a price, a shipping method, a buyer rating, a payment method, a plurality of seller payment terms, or a buyer reputation, and the at least one selling rule comprising at least one price associated with the product that varies from an initial price of the product in the plurality of asking terms and at least one temporal modifier authorizing a modification of the plurality of asking terms on a specified future date; generating, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, a purchase offer user interface associated with the electronic commerce system, the purchase offer user interface configured to receive the purchase offer from a buyer to purchase the product, the purchase offer specifying the at least one purchase term, the at least one purchase term comprising the at least one of the price, the shipping method, a seller rating, the payment method, a plurality of buyer payment terms, or a seller reputation; causing, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, the purchase offer user interface to be transmitted to a buyer device associated with the buyer; causing, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, the purchase offer from the buyer to purchase the product to be stored in the storage device associated with the electronic commerce system in response to receiving the purchase offer from the buyer device; generating, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, a ranking of a plurality of purchase offers from a plurality of buyers based at least in part upon a degree to which a respective at least one purchase term of the plurality of purchase offers matches the one of the plurality of asking terms of the offer to sell, the plurality of purchase offers including the purchase offer from the buyer as a top ranked purchase offer in the ranking; determining, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, that the plurality of asking terms of the offer to sell fails to match the at least one purchase term of the purchase offer; determining, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, that the at least one selling rule can be applied to the one of the plurality of asking terms; authorizing the deviation from the one of the plurality of asking terms by the value that matches the at least one purchase term of the purchase offer; consummating, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, the transaction between the seller and the buyer according to the at least one selling rule.