Patent ID: 8458010

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for monitoring price parity, comprising: selecting, by a configured server computer, a first product from a catalog comprising a plurality of products available for sale; selecting, by the configured server computer, a third party-seller who offers the first product for sale through a sales channel of a retailer and who also offers the first product for sale through a sales channel of the third-party seller; receiving an identifier of the sales channel of the third-party seller; generating, by the configured server computer, a price parity task, the price parity task including instructions for obtaining a first price of the first product, the first price corresponding to an offering price of the first product by the third-party seller via the sales channel of the retailer, and instructions for obtaining a second price of the first product, the second price corresponding to an offering price of the first product by the third-party seller via the sales channel of the third-party seller; submitting the price parity task for performance by one or more humans to obtain information about the first price and the second price; receiving, by the configured server computer, in response to the performance of the price parity task by at least one of the one or more humans, price data comprising the first price and the second price, the first price having been obtained from the sales channel of the retailer and the second price having been obtained from the sales channel of the third-party seller; evaluating, by the configured server computer, a price parity rule based on at least a comparison of the first price and the second price and determining that the price parity rule is violated; and providing, by the configured server computer, a notification that the price parity rule is determined to be violated.