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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2005
Renée Gentry Vonbergen, San Jose, CA (US);
Erik Rannala, San Francisco, CA (US);
George Liang, Campbell, CA (US);
Maura K. Randall, San Jose, CA (US);
David Raccah, San Jose, CA (US);
Jennifer Kozenski, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Renée Gentry VonBergen, San Jose, CA (US);
Erik Rannala, San Francisco, CA (US);
George Liang, Campbell, CA (US);
Maura K. Randall, San Jose, CA (US);
David Raccah, San Jose, CA (US);
Jennifer Kozenski, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments include systems, methods, and software to manage offers in a network-based commerce system. One embodiment includes providing sellers an option when listing an item for sale to receive best offers for the item from buyers. This embodiment further includes receiving best offers submitted by offerees via the network-based commerce system and notifying sellers of received best offers. Some embodiments further include providing sellers an option to accept, reject, or ignore the individual best offers received. In some such embodiments, ignored best offers expire after a period, such as 48 hours. Yet further embodiments include notifying offerees of acceptance or rejection of their submitted best offers.