Appeal No. 2005-0956 Page 2
Application No. 09/342,866
Invention
Appellant’s invention relates to a method and system for determining the
price of goods and/or services to be provided from a seller or sellers to a buyer or
buyers. Various forms of electronic competition and/or entertainment are used
as intermediary activities between said buyers and sellers to ultimately determine
a contract price. Sellers offer a product or service within a specified price range,
and buyers enter into a contract to buy the product or service within that price
range. The ultimate price (within the range) is determined based upon the
buyer’s performance rating, or score, which the buyer receives from participating
in a collateral activity. Thus, if a buyer performs poorly at the activity, the price
will be higher, whereas if the buyer does well, the price will be lower. The activity
may be a video game (including audio/visual games), electronic board game,
crossword puzzle or other word game, sports bet, card game, or any other
activity or combination of activities, and may be performed against the seller, a
pre-programmed software opponent, a computer opponent, another buyer
competing for the same or a different product, a player participating as a player
only and not as a buyer, or anyone or anything else. The actual range may be a
scaled set of prices (e.g., $1000.00, $1100.00, $1200.00, etc.), or it may be
simply a single price, such as a discounted price, for which the buyer will either
“win” the contract or “lose”, and not be entitled to the product at the specified
price, or it may even include a lower boundary of $0.00, such that the product or
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