Patent ID: 8868442
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system that is adapted to categorize a seller relative to a vendor comprising: a processor; a memory; an overall pricing model for a vendor being stored in the memory, wherein the overall pricing model comprises a position within an ordinal range of pricing levels, and wherein said overall pricing model relates to a composite representation of item pricing models for a set of on-sale items; product-specific data for a first set of items being stored in the memory, wherein said first set comprises a plurality of items; a first set of instructions being stored in the memory that, when executed, determines a product mix comprising a plurality of items from said first set of items and stores said product mix in the memory; a second set of instructions stored in the memory that, when executed, read said product mix as a basis for search, whereby finding, via network connection, for a first set of sellers, current prices for a result set of items, wherein said first set of sellers comprises at least a first seller, wherein said first set of sellers does not include said vendor, as current prices for a plurality of on-sale items in said product mix by said vendor are available from a database without network search, and wherein said result set of items comprises a plurality of items in said product mix; storing prices for said result set item prices; a third set of instructions stored in the memory that, when executed, storing said first seller categorization.