Patent ID: 6725204
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A system for facilitating the sale and shipment of cores comprising:a host processor having means for storing and processing data supplied by a plurality of vendors said data comprising the type, quantity and asking price of cores said vendors have available for sale, and sequence in which said data is submitted; means for transferring said data from said host processor over a data link to a remote terminal for display to a purchaser of cores; and means for communicating an order from said purchaser to said host processor, said order comprising an offer price to purchase at least one of said cores displayed on said remote terminal; wherein said host processor further comprises means for comparing said offer price with said asking price for each of said cores based on said sequence in which said data was submitted; means for determining that predetermined conditions to complete said order have been met; means responsive to said means for determining for notifying a vendor of at least one core in said sequence and said purchaser that a sale has been made, when said offer price meets or exceeds said asking price for a core; means for instructing to said vendor of said core to send said core to a consolidation center; means at said consolidation center for inspecting cores received from each of said vendors and means for packaging said cores for shipment to said purchaser according to a set of instructions generated by said host processor in response to said order; and means for generating an invoice to said purchaser for the cores included in said order.