Patent ID: 9683854
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G01C,G06Q

Claim:
1. A method for pricing, comprising executing programmatic instructions at a computing device for: detecting a visitor at a first e-commerce site; determining that an item offered for sale at the first e-commerce site is of potential interest to the visitor, wherein determining that the item offered for sale at the first e-commerce site is of potential interest to the visitor includes determining that a URL was visited, wherein the URL relates to the item; detecting a second e-commerce site at which the user has viewed the item, wherein the second e-commerce site is different than the first e-commerce site; determining a competitive price, wherein the competitive price is associated with a web page, wherein the web page has offered the item at the second e-commerce site; calculating an offering price, wherein the offering price is based on the competitive price; offering the item to the visitor at the offering price at the first e-commerce site; and selling the item to the visitor at the offering price.