Patent ID: 8630923
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for selling products over a network, comprising: storing vendor information for a plurality of vendors in a database, said database comprising at least one storage device that is accessible over the network, and said vendor information including a vendor address; storing product information for a plurality of products, each product being associated with one or more of the plurality of vendors, each vendor assigning a product price to each product associated with the vendor; storing information indicative of a condition of one or more of the plurality of products; storing consumer registration information for a plurality of consumers, said consumer information including, for each consumer, a payment mechanism and a consumer shipping address; causing a user interface for searching the product information to be displayed to a consumer; receiving a user input via the user interface; after receiving the user input, performing a plurality of operations including: after performing the plurality of operations and in response to receiving the user input, causing (a) a product representation corresponding to the identified product, (b) the total price for the identified product, (c) an option to purchase said identified product, and (d) information indicative of a condition of the identified product to be simultaneously displayed to the identified consumer; and in response to receiving a selection of the option to purchase said identified product by said identified consumer, causing a transaction to be performed between said identified consumer and said ideal vendor for said identified product.