EP 1200916 A2 20020502 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A SALE OFFER TO SELECTED INDIVIDUALS OVER ELECTRONIC NETWORK SYSTEMS
Title (en)
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A SALE OFFER TO SELECTED INDIVIDUALS OVER ELECTRONIC NETWORK SYSTEMS
Title (de)
VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM ERSTELLEN EINES ANGEBOTES FUR AUSGEWAHLTE INDIVIDUEN UBER EIN ELECTRONISCHES NETZWERKSYSTEM.
Title (fr)
PROCEDE ET APPAREIL PERMETTANT DE GENERER UNE OFFRE DE VENTE DESTINEE A DES INDIVIDUS SELECTIONNES VIA DES SYSTEMES DE RESEAUX ELECTRONIQUES
Publication
Application
Priority
- IB 0000963 W 20000630
- US 14128499 P 19990630
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO0103027A2] A method and apparatus are provided for generating a sale offer over an electronic network (such as the Internet). The method and apparatus may be used with a commercial sale system designed to increase the revenue income of Web site by offering, at a substantially discounted or virtually free basis, one more goods and/or services to visitors of the Web site. According to the features of the invention, the seller (who may be the owner or co-owner of the Web site) transmits a sale offer on the Web site for a high quality good or service, wherein the good or service can be purchased for free or a cost near to zero. The seller may make the offer visible and available to a number of perspective buyers, who are connected at that very moment to the Web site. According to an additional aspect of the invention, the sale offer may be available for only a very limited amount of time (e.g., one or more minutes) and may be offered at random or unpredictable times on the Web site in order to increase Web traffic to the site.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G06Q 30/06 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 0106424A2
Designated contracting state (EPC)
GB IT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 0103027 A2 20010111; WO 0103027 A8 20011108; AU 5560200 A 20010122; AU 5700900 A 20010205; EP 1200916 A2 20020502; EP 1212713 A2 20020612; WO 0106424 A2 20010125; WO 0106424 A8 20020124
DOCDB simple family (application)
IB 0000980 W 20000630; AU 5560200 A 20000630; AU 5700900 A 20000630; EP 00940701 A 20000630; EP 00942317 A 20000630; IB 0000963 W 20000630