Patent ID: 8271304
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of providing pricing information, comprising: dynamically updating, at a host computer, an assumption set of customer characteristics comprising at least one assumption derived from customer data, wherein the dynamic updating is based on feedback from a plurality of customers; presenting the assumption set to a user at a client computer; receiving, at the host computer from the client computer, a set of information from the user, wherein the set of information includes a confirmation of whether each assumption in the assumption set applies to the user; conditionally estimating a first price or a second price for a product based on the confirmation, wherein estimating the first price for the product is based on the assumption set, and wherein estimating the second price for the product is based on user-provided information to be used in place of the assumption set; and presenting the first or second price to the user at the client computer.