Patent ID: 7818212

Claim:
A computer-implemented methodology for transacting business over a network, including: at least one computer executing instructions for carrying out a method comprising: offering a plurality of deals for at least one of a product or service offered by at least one seller, each of the plurality of deals includes at least one seller criteria; receiving input including a plurality of price and non-price buying criteria by a buyer for the at least one of a product or service, the non-price criteria including at least one distribution criterion; correlating the plurality of deals for the at least one of a product or service offered by the at least one seller to the price and non-price buying criteria inputted by the buyer; notifying the seller of the at least one of a product or service when the buying criteria does not match the seller criteria; and outputting a list of deals in real time from amongst the plurality of deals that match the price and non-price buying criteria of the buyer.