Patent ID: 7263505
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of advertising a Web site by making a sale offer over an electronic network system, comprising the steps of: randomly generating an offer to purchase a product or service on the electronic network system at an offer price that is substantially equal to a delivery price associated with sending the offered product or service to the buyer, the delivery price being less than a current value of the offered product or service in a competitive market; communicating the randomly generated offer through the electronic network system at an unknown start time after one or more potential buyers visit the Web site and for a predetermined duration of time while the one or more potential buyers remain visiting the Web site; completing the sale of the product or service at the offer price through the electronic network system in response to an acceptance of the offer at the offer price by a buyer visiting the Web site within the predetermined period of time; and removing the offer at the offer price from the electronic network system should the buyer visiting the Web site not accept the offer at the offer price within the predetermined period of time.