Patent ID: 6873969
Filing Date: 2005-03-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of using a network of computers to control the reservation or sale of available limited, fixed or time sensitive inventory between at least one seller interface and at least one publicly available buyer interface comprising: a) providing means for presenting available inventory within the seller interface; b) providing means for seller to sell or reserve inventory available to the publicly available buyer interface; c) providing means for buyer to reserve or purchase the inventory; d) providing means for the seller's sale or reservation of any inventory to cause the automatic updating of the inventory available to the publicly available buyer's interface; and e) providing means for the buyer's purchase or reservation of the inventory to cause the automatic updating of the inventory available to the seller's interface, whereby at least one seller presents and offers inventory for reservation or sale to at least one publicly available buyer interface by which the buyer reserves or purchases the inventory and by the act of reserving or purchasing the inventory cause the seller's interface to be automatically updated to reflect that reservation or purchase through two-way communication between the publicly available buyer interface and the seller interface of the computer network and upon the sale or reservation of any inventory by the seller, the inventory available to the publicly available buyer interface is automatically updated to reflect the sale or reservation through two-way communication between the seller interface and the publicly available buyer interface of the computer network.