System and method of matrix based organization of commodity offers

Abstract

A method for generating a user interface for display of commodity information includes receiving commodity data from commodity providers; identifying in the commodity data a plurality of branded commodity offers and a plurality of non-branded commodity offers; generating a plurality of branded display elements from the plurality of branded commodity offers; generating at least one leading non-branded display element from the plurality of non-branded commodity offers; and organizing the plurality of branded display elements and the at least one leading non-branded display element into a matrix of display elements; wherein each of the branded display elements and the at least one leading non-branded branded display element includes a first action element responsive to selection in the user interface, wherein the first action element is configured to re-render a respective display element from a non-expanded view of the respective display element to an expanded view of the respective display element.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-implemented method for generating a user interface on a computer system for remote display of commodity information, the method comprising:
 receiving, over a communication network, commodity data from a plurality of commodity providers;   identifying in the commodity data, by the computer system, a plurality of branded commodity offers and a plurality of non-branded commodity offers;   generating, by the computer system, a plurality of branded display elements from the plurality of branded commodity offers;   generating, by the computer system, at least one leading non-branded display element from the plurality of non-branded commodity offers; and   organizing, by the computer system, the plurality of branded display elements and the at least one leading non-branded display element into a matrix of display elements;   wherein each of the plurality of branded display elements and the at least one leading non-branded branded display element includes a first action element responsive to selection in the user interface, wherein the first action element is configured to re-render, by the computer system, a respective display element from a non-expanded view of the respective display element to an expanded view of the respective display element.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of branded display elements and the at least one leading non-branded branded display element includes a second action element responsive to selection in the user interface, wherein the second action element is configured to render, by the computer system, a commodity purchase screen. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving, over the communication network, a plurality of bids to provide non-branded commodity offers;   determining, by the computer system, from the plurality of bids, at least one leading non-branded commodity offer; and   generating, by the computer system, at least one leading non-branded display element from the at least one leading non-branded commodity offer.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein determining, by the computer system, from the plurality of bids, the at least one leading non-branded commodity offer includes determining that the at least one leading non-branded commodity offer includes better terms than another non-branded commodity offer. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein determining that the at least one leading non-branded commodity offer includes better terms than another non-branded commodity offer includes determining that the at least one leading non-branded commodity offer improves at least one term of the another non-branded commodity offer 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the at least one term includes a commission rate associated with a non-branded commodity offer. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein organizing, by the computer system, the plurality of branded display elements and the at least one leading non-branded display element into the matrix of display elements includes organizing the display elements into a plurality of commodity groups each having a plurality of display elements. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the at least one leading non-branded display element comprises up to one non-branded display element for a respective commodity grouping. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein organizing, by the computer system, the plurality of branded display elements and the at least one leading non-branded display element into the matrix of display elements includes sorting the plurality of display elements within each of the plurality of commodity groups based on associated pricing information for the respective display element. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein re-rendering, by the computer system, the respective display element from the non-expanded view of the respective display element to the expanded view of the respective display element comprises reconfiguring the display elements appearing in the associated row and associated position of display elements to a size corresponding to the expanded view of the respective display element in which the second action element is selected. 
     
     
         11 . A system for generating a matrix display, the system comprising:
 a network interface;   a display screen configured to display a user interface;   a processor; and   a memory configured to store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
 receive, via the network interface, commodity data from a plurality of commodity providers; 
 identify, in the commodity data, a plurality of branded commodity offers and a plurality of non-branded commodity offers; 
 generate a plurality of branded display elements from the plurality of branded commodity offers; 
 generate at least one leading non-branded display element from the plurality of non-branded commodity offers; and 
 organize the plurality of branded display elements and the at least one leading non-branded display element into a matrix of display elements; 
   wherein each of the plurality of branded display elements and the at least one leading non-branded branded display element includes a first action element responsive to selection in the user interface, wherein the first action element is configured to cause the processor to re-render a respective display element from a non-expanded view of the respective display element to an expanded view of the respective display element.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein each of the plurality of branded display elements and the at least one leading non-branded branded display element includes a second action element responsive to selection in the user interface, and wherein the second action element is configured to cause the processor to render a commodity purchase screen. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 receive, via the network interface, a plurality of bids to provide non-branded commodity offers;   determine, from the plurality of bids, at least one leading non-branded commodity offer; and   generate at least one leading non-branded display element from the at least one leading non-branded commodity offer.   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the processor is configured to determine, from the plurality of bids, the at least one leading non-branded commodity offer by being configured to determine that the at least one leading non-branded commodity offer includes better terms than another non-branded commodity offer. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the processor is configured to determine that the at least one leading non-branded commodity offer includes better terms than another non-branded commodity offer by being configured to determine that the at least one leading non-branded commodity offer improves at least one term of the another non-branded commodity offer 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the at least one term includes a commission rate associated with a non-branded commodity offer. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to organize the plurality of branded display elements and the at least one leading non-branded display element into the matrix of display elements by being configured to organize the display elements into a plurality of commodity groups each having a plurality of display elements. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the at least one leading non-branded display element comprises up to one non-branded display element for a respective commodity grouping. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the processor is configured to organize the plurality of branded display elements and the at least one leading non-branded display element into the matrix of display elements by being configured to sort the plurality of display elements within each of the plurality of commodity groups based on associated pricing information for the respective display element. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to re-render the respective display element from the non-expanded view of the respective display element to the expanded view of the respective display element by being configured to reconfigure the display elements appearing in the associated row and associated position of display elements to a size corresponding to the expanded view of the respective display element in which the second action element is selected.