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- the present invention relates generally to electronic commerce systems and, more particularly, to a Web-based system for facilitating transactions between buyers and sellers.
- Retail sales of goods and services are typically made using traditional direct or mass marketing schemes in which a seller advertises products and services to a large audience with the hope of making sales to a small number of buyers in the audience.
- These schemes are seller-driven in the sense that the seller controls the process of pairing buyers with the seller. For instance, the seller sets a price and decides how and where to advertise. The buyer studies the advertising he receives and decides whether or not to make a purchase.
- This type of marketing scheme is generally a costly and inefficient way of bringing about a transaction between buyers and sellers since typically only a very small percentage of the audience responds to the mass advertising.
- a buyer-driven system of commerce is a less traditional system in which the buyer advertises his needs and invites responses from sellers (e.g. , a "wanted to buy" classified advertisement).
- Buyer-driven systems have certain advantages over seller-driven systems. In particular, a buyer-driven system allows buyers to more easily reach a large number of sellers, many of who might not have the resources to advertise extensively.
- buyer-driven commerce systems Another aspect of buyer-driven commerce systems is qualification of the buyer as a ripe lead or prospect.
- the seller attempts to initially qualify buyers through very broad means, such as by using demographic information to target direct mail campaigns.
- brokered commerce such as real estate or securities sales
- brokers are only available in those market segments where the transaction value is high enough to support the use of a third party, who typically is compensated through a fee based on the transaction value.
- a buyer-driven commerce system that facilitates the qualification of buyers in the way a broker might would be advantageous in market segments that might not typically support brokers.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a buyer-driven system for connecting buyers and sellers that efficiently allows buyers to qualify themselves to sellers and allows sellers to efficiently find qualified buyers.
- a further object of the invention is to provide a buyer-driven system of commerce that enables buyers to control whether and how personal information on the buyer is revealed to a given seller.
- the system includes a Web site globally accessible by potential buyers and sellers.
- Potential buyers post descriptions of products and services they desire on the Web site, along with any personal information (typically other than contact information) that may better qualify their wants to the sellers.
- Interested sellers of those products and services can access the descriptions posted by the buyers and selectively post responses to buyers.
- the responses preferably include information identifying the seller and describing the product or service offered by the seller.
- the system determines if the potential buyer retrieves a response directed to him from a potential seller and, if so, it charges that potential seller a small fee.
- One advantage of the inventive system is that it allows buyers to find qualified sellers with little effort and at no cost. Another advantage of the invention is that it allows sellers to efficiently identify qualified buyers without use of costly mass marketing schemes.
- Yet another advantage of the system is that it gives the buyer control over whether and how personal information is revealed to sellers.
- the system allows buyer listings to be posted anonymously, and the buyer can progressively reveal personal information such as demographic information or contact information to any given seller as desired.
- An additional advantage of the inventive system is that it keeps the buyer from being inundated with large numbers of unwanted offers from unqualified sellers due to the economic barrier imposed by the fee charged the seller for his response to the buyer.
- a further advantage is that buyer listings are globally accessible to all potential sellers and not limited to a few selected sellers.
- Another advantage of the system is that once the seller has been charged with a fee, buyers and sellers are free to communicate within or outside of the system as they choose. For example, the buyer may decide not to reveal contact information to the seller and instead communicate within the system, maintaining anonymity. At the point where the buyer decides to proceed further with the transaction, the buyer can reveal contact information to the seller and the transaction can proceed outside the system.
- Another advantage of the system is that the buyer may decide to block further communication with the seller prior to revealing contact information.
- FIGURE 1 is a schematic illustration of a representative network in which the inventive system is preferably implemented
- FIGURE 2 is a flow chart illustrating the process of connecting buyers and sellers in accordance with the invention
- FIGURE 3 is a screen shot of a sample buyer handle registration form in accordance with the invention.
- FIGURE 4 is a screen shot of a sample buyer contact information form in accordance with the invention.
- FIGURE 5 is a screen shot of a sample buyer profile form in accordance with the invention
- FIGURE 6 is a screen shot of a sample buyer listing form in accordance with the invention
- FIGURE 7 is a screen shot of a sample Web site home page in accordance with the invention.
- FIGURE 8 is a screen shot of a posted sample buyer listing in accordance with the invention.
- FIGURE 9 is a screen shot of a sample seller registration form in accordance with the invention.
- FIGURE 10 is a screen shot of a sample seller handle registration form in accordance with the invention
- FIGURE 11 is a screen shot of a sample seller response in accordance with the invention
- FIGURE 12 is a screen shot of a sample brief description of a seller response
- FIGURE 13 is a screen shot of a sample email from system to indicate account activity in accordance with the invention.
- FIGURE 1 illustrates a representative network in which the present invention is preferably implemented.
- the network includes a client machine 10 connected to a Web server 12 via a communication channel 14.
- the channel 14 is preferably the Internet. It may, however, alternatively comprise an Intranet or other known connection.
- the Web server 12 is one of a plurality of servers that are accessible by a plurality of clients such as the client machine 10.
- the client machine 10 is a personal computer such as a Pentium * -based desktop or notebook computer running a Windows * operating system.
- the client machine 10 includes a browser 16, a known software tool used to access the servers of the network. Representative browsers include, among others, Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
- Client machines usually access servers through some private Internet access provider or an on-line service provider (such as, e.g. , America Online).
- the Web Server 12 comprises an IBM RISC System/6000 computer 18 running the AIX (Advanced Interactive Executive Version 4.1 and above) Operating System 20 and a Web server program 22 (such as Netscape Enterprise Version 2.0) that supports interface extensions. (Various other suitable hardware/operating system/web server program combinations are possible.)
- the server 12 also includes a graphical user interface (GUI) 24 for management and administration.
- GUI graphical user interface
- the Web server 12 operates a so-called "Web site” and supports files in the form of documents and pages.
- a network path to a Web site generated by the server is identified by a so-called Uniform Resource Locator (URL).
- URL Uniform Resource Locator
- the World Wide Web is the Internet's multimedia information retrieval system.
- it is a collection of servers of the Internet that use the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which provides users access to files ' (which can be in different formats such as text, graphics, images, sound, video, etc.) using a standard page description language known as Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).
- HTML provides basic document formatting and allows developers to specify links to other servers and files. These links include "hyperlinks, " which are text phrases or graphic objects that conceal the address of a site on the Web.
- a user of a client machine having an HTML-compatible browser can retrieve a Web page (namely, an HTML formatted document) of a Web site by specifying a link via the URL.
- the client machine makes a transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP) request to the server identified in the link and receives the Web page in return.
- TCP/IP transmission control protocol/Internet protocol
- the present invention is a system of commerce preferably implemented in the Internet environment.
- the invention is a Web-based buyer-driven system for efficiently and inexpensively connecting buyers and sellers.
- the system includes a Web site accessible by potential buyers and sellers. Buyers post on the Web site descriptions of products and services they desire, typically along with some personal information such as demographic information that might serve to qualify them to potential sellers. Interested sellers of those products and services can, for a small fee, communicate with buyers they have selected.
- the system allows buyers to find qualified sellers with little effort and at no cost, and it allows sellers to easily find qualified buyers without using costly mass marketing.
- the fee paid by the seller to communicate with the buyer acts as a barrier to unwanted communication from the buyer's point of view, thereby inhibiting responses from unqualified sellers or "junk mail.”
- the terms “buyer” and “seller” are intended to broadly encompass individuals as well as groups, organizations, corporate entities and the like.
- the system Web site is generated by a Web server (such as server 12).
- the Web site is preferably globally accessible via the Internet to potential buyers and sellers using individual client machines (such as personal computers 10).
- FIGURE 2 is a simplified flow chart illustrating the inventive process of connecting buyers and sellers.
- the buyer initially registers with the system at step 100. Thereafter, as will be described, the buyer can post a listing on the Web site describing the product or service desired and, later, retrieve any responses from sellers. Registration involves accessing the Web site and inputting a username and password in a buyer registration form displayed as a Web page on the buyer's client machine 10.
- a screen shot of a sample buyer registration form 200 is shown in FIGURE 3.
- the form has fields associated with username and password for the buyer to fill in.
- the system preferably allows the username entered by the buyer to be fictional to protect anonymity.
- the information entered by the user is transmitted from the client machine 10 to the Web server 12 and stored in a system database. The information is used to provide the buyer with secured access to responses posted by sellers as will be described below.
- the buyer is then preferably given the option to register other information such as an actual name and contact information (e.g., an address and telephone number).
- This information can be entered on a subsequent Web page form 210 (a sample screen shot of which is shown in FIGURE 4) displayed by the system after the user has completed form 200.
- this information is not revealed to sellers (or others) without a request by the buyer to do so in order to protect buyer confidentiality.
- the system preferably generates a subsequent Web page 220 (shown in FIGURE 5), giving the buyer the option to enter buyer profile information.
- buyer profile information includes information, e.g. , on the buyer's age, marital status, gender, family size and whether he or she owns or rents housing. This information is also preferably kept confidential unless the buyer consents to it being revealed.
- step 102 the buyer posts a listing describing the goods or services desired.
- a screen shot of a sample Web page form 230 on which this information can be entered is shown in FIGURE 6.
- the information entered will preferably include a description 232 of the goods or services desired and a short subject heading 234.
- the system will preferably automatically select a category (and any sub-category) under which the posting will be indexed based on particular words appearing in the subject heading. The buyer can, however, select an alternate category if desired or choose a category if the system is unable to identify one.
- the system will automatically insert into field 238 certain profile information filled in by the buyer in form 220 of FIGURE 5 as well as general geographic information from form 210 of FIGURE 4. Preferably no specific contact information or identity information from form 210 is entered.
- FIGURE 7 illustrates a screen shot of a sample home page 240.
- the home page 240 lists various categories, each preferably being hyperlinked to a Web page for the category containing the buyer listings filed thereunder.
- FIGURE 8 illustrates a sample buyer listing 250 generated by the system.
- Each buyer listing will preferably contain the following information: a buyer username 252, a "buyer reputation" value 254 (described below), the short subject heading 256, the date of posting 258, an expiration date 260, the number of seller responses received to date 262, and a description of the goods or services wanted 264. Any information entered in field 238 of FIGURE 6 appears at 266.
- the expiration date 260 is automatically selected by the system based on a preset time period after the posting date 258. Alternatively, it may be chosen by the buyer. When a listing expires, the system preferably removes it from the Web site.
- the buyer reputation information 254 is represented by some value, e.g. , a numerical value. This value indicates historically the number of times the buyer has revealed his or her identity to any seller (as will be described below). This gives the potential seller some information as to the credibility or seriousness of the buyer and allows the seller to make a more informed choice on whether to pay for contacting the buyer.
- FIGURE 9 is a screen shot of a sample seller registration form 270 on the Web site. Registration involves providing certain information such as the seller's identity 272, contact information (e.g., an email address) 274, and how he or she will be billed (e.g., credit card information) 276. Sellers also select a username and password on a subsequently generated Web page (sample form 280 shown in FIGURE 10) for secured access to their accounts and to responses directed to them from buyers.
- contact information e.g., an email address
- billed e.g., credit card information
- FIGURE 11 is a screen shot illustrating a sample seller response 280. This response is preferably accessible only by the buyer to whom it is directed.
- the seller response 280 includes information on the seller (e.g., his identity) 282 and a description of the goods or services offered 284.
- the response can also include pre-formatted HTML promotional materials 286 and a hyperlink 288 to a Web site that the seller may have.
- FIGURE 12 is a screen shot illustrating a sample description of a seller response 300.
- the brief description will preferably include the seller's identity 302 and some information on the goods or services offered 304.
- the buyer is thereby able to decide at step 108 (FIGURE 2) whether or not he or she has sufficient interest to view the complete response posted by the seller (i.e., the second level of seller information shown, e.g. , in FIGURE 11).
- the seller is billed a small fee (e.g. , $5) at step 110. (The seller is not charged if the buyer does not access the seller's response.) The seller is billed regardless of whether a sale is eventually made. Once the seller has been charged for the initial response to the buyer's listing, the buyer and seller may continue to communicate with each other through the system (at step 112) preferably without incurring any additional charges.
- the system By charging sellers a small fee when their responses are viewed by buyers, the system will keep buyers from being inundated with an overly large number of responses from marginal or unqualified sellers. Such sellers will be deterred from posting a response since they will weigh their chances of making a sale (which will be low if they are unqualified) with the cost of posting a response. Yet the cost will be sufficiently low not to deter qualified sellers from using the system.
- the fee acts as an economic barrier to unwanted communication from seller to buyer. Note that while the barrier may preferably be a monetary fee, it may also be some other economic, such as a credits system.
- the buyer may further communicate with the seller through the system without revealing his or her identity (if desired) by posting additional messages to that seller. (These messages will only be accessible by the seller to whom it is directed.)
- the buyer may reveal his or her identity and contact information and can communicate directly with the seller outside the system (e.g. , by telephone).
- the system will insert previously stored contact information of the buyer (i.e., the information entered in FIGURE 4) in a posting directed to a seller when requested by the buyer. Whenever a buyer reveals his identity in this manner, the system increases his or her reputation value 254 by one.
- An advantage of the system is that the buyer can progressively reveal information about himself or herself as he or she becomes comfortable in dealing with a particular seller.
- the buyer can also at any time block all further communication through the system with a particular seller by making a request to the system that a particular seller not be allowed to post any further messages to the buyer.
- FIGURE 13 is a screen shot of a sample email message 310 sent by the system to indicate activity in the buyer account.
- the email received by the buyer or seller will include a direct hyperlink 312 to the system Web page where the particular listing or response is posted.
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