US 11,734,698 B2
System and method for tiered pricing for scarce commodities
Mark Klein, Henderson, NV (US); and Wendell Brown, Henderson, NV (US)
Assigned to CLIMATE KARMA SOLUTIONS INC., Henderson, NV (US)
Filed by Climate Karma Solutions Inc., Henderson, NV (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/813,712.
Application 17/813,712 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/109,588, filed on Dec. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,461,845.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/942,764, filed on Dec. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0351214 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/018 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0283 (2023.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 20/34 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 40/02 (2023.01); G06Q 40/04 (2012.01); G06Q 50/26 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 30/018 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/202 (2013.01); G06Q 20/204 (2013.01); G06Q 20/346 (2013.01); G06Q 20/4037 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0283 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01); G06Q 40/02 (2013.01); G06Q 40/04 (2013.01); G06Q 50/265 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising: a user computer system having a display that interfaces with a computer system and displays a purchasable item to a purchaser, the purchasable item having at least one component that is a scarce commodity that is sold by a plurality of vendors and has a baseline tier and a higher tier, the baseline tier having a quantity of the scarce commodity purchasable at a baseline price from any of the plurality of vendors and the higher tier having a higher price when the purchased scarce commodity quantity exceeds the baseline tier quantity; a regulator computer system, separate from the user computer system, that determines the baseline tier and the higher tier for the scarce commodity and communicates the baseline tier and higher tier for the scarce commodity to the computer system;
the computer system having a processor and a plurality of instructions executed by the processor that is configured to:
store the baseline tier and the higher tier of the scarce commodity and, for the purchaser, a predetermined quantity of the scarce commodity from an previously purchased purchasable item;
receive a transaction in which the purchaser chooses to purchase the purchasable item having a particular quantity of the scarce commodity sold by a particular vendor of the plurality of vendors;
charge, if a sum of the particular quantity and the stored predetermined quantity for the purchaser do not exceed the baseline tier quantity, the baseline price for the particular quantity of the scarce commodity; and
charge, if the sum of the particular quantity and the stored predetermined quantity for the purchaser exceeds the baseline tier quantity, the higher price for the particular quantity of the scarce commodity.