System and method for selling perishable products

a technology for perishable products and systems, applied in the field of systems and methods for the sale of products and services, can solve the problems that demand may not justify or require either a hold incentive option or a release incentive option, and achieve the effect of increasing overall realization and revenues, increasing overall sales, and increasing sales and revenues

a technology for perishable products and systems, applied in the field of systems and methods for the sale of products and services, can solve the problems that demand may not justify or require either a hold incentive option or a release incentive option, and achieve the effect of increasing overall realization and revenues, increasing overall sales, and increasing sales and revenues

US20100250358A1Inactive Publication Date: 2010-09-30ELKINS II HAROLD EDWARD +2
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[0045]It should be understood at the outset that although an exemplary implementation of the present invention is illustrated below, the present invention may be implemented using any number of techniques, computer and communications systems, whether currently known or in existence. The present invention should in no way be limited to the exemplary implementations, drawings, and techniques illustrated below, including the exemplary design and implementations illustrated and described herein. Additionally, the drawings contained herein are not necessarily drawn to scale.

[0046]Before each individual FIGURE is discussed, several aspects of the invention are discussed below. A method for a seller to sell perishable products such as, for example, airline tickets, concert tickets, Broadway play tickets, sporting event tickets, hotel rooms, auctioned items and other products (or services) whose value diminishes significantly at some future time, which may be referred to as an expiration ti...

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An exemplary system and method are provided to sell a plurality of limited perishable products. The method may include offering to sell the first perishable product at first defined conditions that include an initial price and a minimum refund schedule; or an initial price, an incentive relative to another offer to sell the product, and a purchaser agreement to receive a directed offer. The method may include receiving an acceptance from a first purchaser; and making the first perishable product again available for sale if a first refund opportunity is exercised by purchaser. The method may include determining and offering a directed offer related to the first perishable product that may include a hold incentive or a release incentive option. The method may continue for additional products of the limited perishable products that are of the same (or similar) type and each having the same (or similar) expiration date.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §120, this continuation application claims priority from, and hereby incorporates by reference for all purposes, copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 711,584, entitled System and Method For Selling Perishable Products, naming Harold Edward Elkins, II, Robert Jelks Ward, and Paula F. Calise as inventors, filed Feb. 26, 2007, which, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §119(e), claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 776,395, entitled System and Method For Selling Perishable Products, naming Harold Edward Elkins, II, Robert Jelks Ward, and Paula F. Calise as inventors, and filed Feb. 24, 2006.TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for the sale of products and services and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to a system and method, such as a computer or network implemented system and method, for selling perishable products...

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Application Information

Patent Timeline
30 Sep 2010
Publication
US20100250358A1
IPC
G06Q30/00; G06Q50/00
CPC
G06Q30/0207; G06Q30/06; G06Q30/0222
Inventors
ELKINS, II, HAROLD EDWARD; WARD, ROBERT JELKS