Patent ID: 7577582
Filing Date: 2009-08-18
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of facilitating server-implemented transactions in a wide area network between a first party and one or more second parties, the method comprising: providing by a transaction server an ask price for a particular product to a first party, wherein the ask price is associated with a particular second party; submitting by the first party a bid price for the particular product of the particular second party in response to receiving the ask price, wherein the bid price is lower than the ask price; providing by the transaction server information relating to a transaction between the first party and the particular second party to a third party's computer via the wide area network, the information including the bid price associated with the first party and the ask price associated with the particular second party, wherein any interested entity facilitates consummation of the transaction as the third party via the wide area network; and transmitting a response from the third party's computer to the transaction server after receiving the bid price and the ask price, the response from the third party one of: