Patent ID: 6973440
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A price reduction management method, which uses a computer program and links to establish and maintain and communicate with a central deposit exchange, said method comprising the following steps: establishing through the links at the central deposit exchange a client's customer rate of price reduction for a client's goods and services, and registering said client's customer rate with said central deposit exchange; registering a customer with specific clients of said deposit exchange through means provided to contact a central deposit exchange website to evaluate client rate offers; said customer accumulating customer buying power (CBP) by periodically depositing cash with one or more central deposit exchange clients, maintaining a record utilizing said computer program of customer cash deposits at the central deposit exchange, and distributing through the central deposit exchange, the customer deposits cash to a selected one or more clients; determining by the central deposit exchange for said customer, a price reduction on said client's goods and services, wherein said price reduction is calculated using the formula (K wherein K said customer negotiating a price to purchase goods or services from one or more of client's dealers; said central deposit exchange having means to print out a coupon from said deposit exchange to release said customer's buying power to the customer; said customer purchasing goods or services from said client's dealer using said coupon; said client paying said dealer the value of said coupon; the method further providing; means for selling part or all of the customer's unused accumulated buying power to another customer, or alternatively, obtaining a refund of part or all of the customer's unused deposit from said central deposit exchange.