Abstract: One variation of a method for automating negotiation of goods includes: initiating a transaction negotiation package specifying a restaurant, a reservation date and time, a selection of items, and an initial monetary offer for the set of items selected by a user; retrieving a target discount rate associated with the restaurant and an aggregate discount rate negotiated across transactions previously completed with the restaurant; selecting a maximum discount rate for the transaction negotiation package based on a difference between the preset target discount rate and the aggregate discount rate; if the initial monetary offer represents an initial discount rate greater than the maximum discount rate, serving a first monetary counter offer—representing a first counter discount rate less than the maximum discount rate—to the user; and processing payment for the selection of items according to the first monetary counter offer if the first monetary counter offer is accepted.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting and identifying the attributes of level-2 (L2) memory cache modules in a computer system. An ID Module is attached to each L2 cache memory module containing memory attribute information such as size, presence or absence of parity, synchronous or asynchronous access ability, electrical timing, etc. The information is accessible using a parallel or serial interface.