Patent ID: 7302407

Claim:
A computer implemented and user-assisted method of brokering a purchase and sale of glass cullet, comprising the steps of: storing, with a broker, cullet data accessible by a first computer comprising at least one of a quantity and price of cullet for sale from a plurality of sellers; receiving, from a buyer using a second computer, a query at the first computer pertaining to a purchase of a quantity and price of cullet within a specified distance of a buyer specified address; querying a data repository associated with the first computer to determine if a stored quantity, purchase price, and location of cullet satisfies the query; generating by the first computer, responsive to the query, at least one name of a seller that can provide a quantity and price of cullet in accordance with the query; receiving by the broker payment for the purchase of the seller provided cullet; and determining by the first computer a least cost shipping route from a location of the seller provided cullet to the buyer specified address.