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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2006
Applicants:
Tad Hogg, Mountain View, CA (US);
Bernardo A. Huberman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tad Hogg, Mountain View, CA (US);
Bernardo A. Huberman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for determining latent demand for at least one of a plurality of commodities includes an offer analyzer and a commodity selector. The offer analyzer analyzes at least a plurality of initially unaccepted offers for each of the plurality of commodities. The commodity selector selects at least one of the plurality of commodities to offer for sale which satisfies at least one criteria based on the analysis by the offer analyzer.