Wireless distributed certified real time bidding and tracking system for live events

• US 20020062276A1
• Filed: 01/25/2002
• Published: 05/23/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Craig Krueger, Lawrence Glaser
• Original Assignee: Craig Krueger, Lawrence Glaser
• Inventors: Krueger, Craig, Glaser, Lawrence
• Application Number:
  US10/054,903
• Publication Number:
  US 20020062276A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A wireless distributed certified real time bidding and tracking system for live events, such as a live auction. An auctioneer selects an auction site to conduct the live auction, and the auction site can be a site that is remote from bidders. Attendees of the live auction include live bidders, wireless bidders, or a mix of each. A Local Auction Management Server (LAMS) is set up at the auction site, though can also be located remotely and accessed by a remote client, from the live auction site. The LAMS server communicates in real time with a Proxy Server in communication with the wireless network. A live bidder, who has a wireless device in his/her possession, can arrange to be notified of the commencement of the auction, the impending auction of items they are interested in and can submit bids before the auction, during the auction and in some cases, after the auction has ended. A time date stamp function is associated with all actions taken at the wireless device. This time date stamp can be derived by the device, or by the network receiving the command. In either case, the Wireless Network Proxy Server records and transmits the event to the LAMS server. The time date stamp allows bidders submitting bids through the wireless connection, to be treated fairly as to when bids are placed in order to determine who bid first and/or last. All elements of the system of the present invention are synchronized to a single clock source.

Claims

1. A system for providing real time tracking of live events occurring at a local site and live events of wireless participants, the system comprising:

a wireless device for each wireless participant, said wireless device recognizing voice commands and generating a live event for the wireless participant in response to a received voice command; and

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a local management server communicating with the wireless device in real time, the local management server receiving the local site live events and transmitting information regarding the local site live events to the wireless device and for receiving information regarding the wireless participant live events.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the local management server is located at the local site.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the local management server is located remote from the local site.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless participants are located at the local site.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless participants are located remote from the local site.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the local site comprises a live auction.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the time stamp further associates a time with the local site live events.

8. The system of claim 1, said local management server transmitting the received wireless participant live events to the local site.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the local site live events comprise wireless participants live events.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless participant can cause a local site live event.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising a wireless device having touch tone, digital key depression or voice command recognition, wherein the wireless participant can cause a local site live event through touch tone, digital key depression or voice command of said wireless device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the local management server receives wireless participant live events as touch tone, digital key depression or voice command.