Patent ID: 9684914
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, from an electronic device associated with a user, a request to view an item detail network page related to an item offered for consumption on an electronic marketplace; responsive to the request to view the item detail network page, transmitting an offer request related to the item to a plurality of computer systems individually associated with a plurality of third-party providers, the offer request being transmitted during a time period required to generate the item detail network page in response to the request, the offer request specifying that a response must be received within the time period; during the time period required to generate the item detail network page, receiving a plurality of offers from the plurality of third-party providers, individual offers of the plurality of offers including at least pricing information associated with the item; during the time period required to generate the item detail network page, scoring, with one or more computers, the individual offers of the plurality of offers utilizing the pricing information and information associated with the user; providing the generated item detail network page to display a price for the item corresponding to a optimally-scored offer of the plurality of offers; and locking the price for the item for a pre-determined amount of time, the locking being applicable to at least one of the user, a session, or a subset of users of the electronic marketplace, the locking of the price causing offers from third-party providers to be discarded during the pre-determined amount of time.