CONDUCTING ROUTE COMMERCE FROM A CENTRAL CLEARINGHOUSE

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APP PUB NO 20110166958A1
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12652127

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A method and system for managing route resources. After receiving a request for a route from a user, user-specified constraints, route supplier-specified constraints, and weights assigned to the constraints, a dynamic model of available routes is queried to generate proposed routes based on the constraints and weights. The model is updated according to the proposed routes. Current bids on related routes are retrieved. Prices of the proposed routes are determined and presented to the user. The prices are based on the updated model and the current bids on related routes. If no price is acceptable, the user modifies the constraints and a new set of proposed routes is generated. A bid from the user to purchase a selected proposed route is received.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Hamilton,, II Rick Allen Charlottesville, US 187 4355
Kozloski, James Robert New Fairfield, US 45 517
O'Connell, Brian Marshall Cary, US 77 2361
Pickover, Clifford Alan Yorktown Heights, US 117 5727

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