Patent ID: 8341033
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of facilitating an electronic auction between a prospective buyer and a plurality of prospective sellers, comprising: at a computer system comprising at least one server with one or more processors and memory: receiving into the computer system a buyer's request for an offer, wherein the request for an offer includes a request that the sellers apply a suggestion module to the request; communicating the request for an offer to at least two of the sellers; receiving offers, including terms of sale in response to the request for an offer, from at least two of the sellers; automatically generating rating information about seller offers based on a plurality of predetermined criteria, wherein the plurality of predetermined criteria include at least one criterion other than price; communicating information regarding at least some of the seller offers to at least one other seller; and receiving an adjusted offer from at least one of the sellers during a specified auction period.