Patent ID: 8095427

Claim:
A method implemented by a server computing system for facilitating an online transaction of a firearm, wherein the server computing system includes a processor and memory storing instructions which, when executed, implement the method, and wherein the online transaction involves a seller selling the firearm to a buyer with the use of at least one computerized interface generated by the server, the method comprising: the server providing one or more interfaces to the seller through which the seller provides seller account data including a location of the seller; the server receiving the seller account data through the one or more interfaces and generating a seller account; receiving seller firearm data corresponding to a firearm to be sold by the seller through the one or more interfaces, wherein the firearm data includes at least a description of a type of the firearm, as well as at least a condition of the firearm; prior to adding the firearm to a database of firearms being sold via the server, receiving verification from a federally licensed firearm dealer that the firearm is in the possession of the federally licensed firearm dealer as well as a verification of the firearm data, including at least the condition of the firearm; receiving a request from a buyer to view firearms being sold via the server; and displaying the firearms in the database to the buyer.