Conditional purchase offer management system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8700481
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13298366

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A conditional purchase offer (CPO) management system is disclosed for receiving CPOs from one or more customers, such as airline passengers, and for evaluating the received CPOs against a number of CPO rules defined by a plurality of sellers, such as airlines, to determine whether any seller is willing to accept a given CPO. A CPO rule is a set of restrictions defined by a given seller, such as an airline, to define a combination of restrictions for which the seller is willing to accept a predefined price. The CPO rules may be securely stored by one or more servers. The CPO management system permits a seller to correct for forecasting errors, if necessary, or other competitive forces which have produced excess capacity, by providing inventory for sale to CPO customers.

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  • PRICELINE.COM INCORPORATED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Case, T Scott Darien, US 34 4082
Jorasch, James A Stamford, US 1157 96363
Schneier, Bruce Minneapolis, US 108 18909
Walker, Jay S Ridgefield, US 1530 120237

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