Patent ID: 7203660

Claim:
A method of using a computer system to generate reports, comprising: populating a database with collected commerce information, said collected commerce information including conditional purchase offers submitted by buyers, said conditional purchase offers including, buyer-specified offer prices for goods or services, for use as a basis for determining levels of demand for the goods or services; receiving a request specifying criteria for selecting collected commerce information, said criteria generated from requestor selections that includes targeted demand levels for the goods or services; selecting demand information from collected commerce information based on the requestor selections; calculating suggested strike prices at targeted demand levels based on the requested targeted demand levels, wherein the strike price is a desired price at which a conditional purchase offer will be accepted; generating a report of the demand information for the goods or services based on the requestor selections, wherein the demand information includes current demand levels for the goods or services and suggested strike prices; and transmitting the report to the requestor.