发明申请
US20020188503A1 Providing bundled incentives to a buyer via a communications network
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通过通信网络向买方提供捆绑激励
- 专利标题: Providing bundled incentives to a buyer via a communications network
- 专利标题(中): 通过通信网络向买方提供捆绑激励
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申请号: US09876067申请日: 2001-06-07
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公开(公告)号: US20020188503A1公开(公告)日: 2002-12-12
- 发明人: Dwip N. Banerjee , Rabindranath Dutta
- 申请人: International Business Machines Corporation
- 申请人地址: US NY Armonk
- 专利权人: International Business Machines Corporation
- 当前专利权人: International Business Machines Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址: US NY Armonk
- 主分类号: G06F017/60
- IPC分类号: G06F017/60
摘要:
The present invention is a method and system for facilitating a transaction among a buyer and two or more sellers. The invention uses a computer system and a communications network such as the Internet. Typically the transaction will involve the sale of a bundle of items, including goods or services (or both), and a combination of e-coupons or other incentives such as price discounts. The invention involves defining a bundle of items, identifying a buyer, communicating to the buyer information about the bundle, tracking the buyer's purchases of items in the bundle, and providing combined incentives to the buyer for purchasing items in the bundle. A buyer may request a predefined bundle, or a customized bundle. One aspect of the present invention is a method for providing bundled incentives to a buyer via a communications network. Another aspect of the present invention is a system for executing the method of the present invention. A third aspect of the present invention is as a set of instructions on a computer-usable medium, or resident in a computer system, for executing the method of the present invention.
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