Patent ID: 8543450
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for using electronic options for goods or services or events, comprising: reading a plurality of entries from a database accessible from a computer network from a server network device with one or more processors, wherein the plurality of entries include electronic option information, wherein the electronic option information includes a plurality of electronic options supplied and governed by one or more different suppliers, wherein the plurality of electronic options are not supplied or governed via a central government agency and are not supplied or governed via security laws and wherein the electronic option information further includes a plurality of different electronic option terms for the plurality of different suppliers, wherein the electronic option terms for a desired supplier are unique to the desired supplier; creating on the server network device a plurality of new electronic offers based on desired goods or services or events associated with the electronic option information, wherein the plurality of new electronic offers include a plurality of reservation prices and a plurality of associated option fees for the plurality of electronic options, wherein an option fee is not part of a reservation price paid to purchase desired goods or services or events at a desired future time and wherein selected ones of the plurality of electronic options include electronic options for goods or services that do not currently exist and may never exist and other selected ones of the plurality of electronic options include electronic options for a sporting event or entertainment event that may or may never happen; sending from the server network device one or more of the created plurality of new electronic offers to selected client network devices each with one or more processors via the computer network for viewing by selected potential purchasers of electronic options; accepting one or more inputs from a first client network device on the server network device via the computer network based on one of the created plurality of new electronic offers sent to the to the selected client network devices; dynamically creating a personalized electronic coupon for the desired goods or services or events for the one or more desired suppliers on the server network device based on the one or more inputs received from the first client network device; and sending the created personalized electronic coupon from the server network device to the first client network device via the computer network coupon for the desired goods or services or events for the one or more desired suppliers.