Patent ID: 8515856
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for presenting sale offers to individuals over an electronic network system, the method comprising: storing, in a database, a sale offer including terms to purchase a good or service at a predetermined offer price, the predetermined offer price being a discounted price less than a market value of the offered good or service in a commercial marketplace; setting, using at least one processor, parameters for presenting the sale offer, the parameters specifying a limited time period during which the sale offer may be accepted over the electronic network system, an available quantity of the good or service for the sale offer, and information for targeting a group of individuals for receiving the sale offer over the electronic network system; presenting, based on the parameters and at a time unpredictable to the targeted group of individuals, the sale offer to an individual who visits at least one web site accessible over the electronic network system, the individual matching the targeted group of individuals, at least one of the limited time period for accepting the sale offer or the available quantity of the good or service for the sale offer being unpredictable to the individual; completing, after presenting the sale offer to the individual over the electronic network system, a sale of the offered good or service in response to an acceptance of the sale offer by the individual matching the targeted group of individuals, the acceptance being communicated from the individual within the limited time period and before the available quantity of the good or service for the sale offer is sold out; and offsetting costs associated with providing the offered good or service at the discounted price based on revenue generated from the at least one web site accessible over the electronic network system.