Patent ID: 7860757

Claim:
A device comprising: an interface configured to receive, from different entities: product information describing items owned by the different entities, and a service parameter describing a service to be performed to place the items in suitable condition for anonymous sale; and a processor configured to: group the described items together for the anonymous sale, facilitate the anonymous sale of the grouped items, and facilitate fulfillment of the sold items according to the service parameter, wherein facilitating the anonymous sale of the grouped items further comprises: determining whether the grouped items have been anonymously sold, determining whether the anonymous sale has occurred in a jurisdiction where ownership of the grouped items is required for sale, assuming flash title of the grouped items based upon determining that the anonymous sale has occurred in a jurisdiction where ownership of the grouped items is required for sale and further based on determining that the grouped items have been anonymously sold, and selling the grouped items without assuming flash title based upon determining that the anonymous sale has occurred in a jurisdiction where ownership of the grouped items is not required for sale and further based on determining that the grouped items have been anonymously sold.