SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING BUSINESS TO ONE OF A PLURALITY OF SELLERS IN A BUYER DRIVEN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE SYSTEM - Patent 1236133

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EP 1 236 133 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	19.04.2001

(43)	Date of publication:
	04.09.2002 Bulletin 2002/36

(21)	Application number: 00910216.1

(22)	Date of filing: 17.02.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 17/60

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0004/064

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0004/9546 (24.08.2000 Gazette 2000/34)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

18.02.1999 US 252574

(71)	Applicant: Priceline.Com Incorporated
	Norwalk, CT 06854 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	WALKER, Jay S. Ridgefield, CT 06877 (US) SPARICO, Thomas M. New York, NY 10021 (US) WISSE, Robert, S. Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 (US)

(74)	Representative: Maggs, Michael Norman
	Kilburn & Strode20 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PJ London WC1R 4PJ (GB)

(54)	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING BUSINESS TO ONE OF A PLURALITY OF SELLERS IN A BUYER DRIVEN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE SYSTEM