Patent ID: 8498907

Claim:
An online textbook exchange apparatus comprising: a memory; an interface connected to a network; and a processor programmed to receive, via the interface, seller course material information from a seller, the seller course material information including a first set of parameters, receive, via the interface, a course material survey from the seller, generate a probability score, using an algorithm, identifying at least a probability that an instructor will allow a prospective buyer to use a course material in a future course, wherein the probability score is generated based on the course material survey, generate a course material profile containing the first set of parameters and the probability score, store the course material profile in the memory, receive, via the interface, buyer course material information from the prospective buyer, the buyer course material information including a second set of parameters, compare the first set of parameters of each of the one or more of the course material profiles to the second set of parameters to generate a set of comparison results based on a number of matching parameters between the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters, and transmit, via the interface, one or more course material profiles and the respective probability score for each of the course material profiles to the prospective buyer based on the set of comparison results.