Real-time internet auction system
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1. A real-time auction system comprising:
- a first computer operated by an auction organizer;
a second computer operated by an assessor who exhibits and sells products;
a plurality of third computers operated by buyers;
a fourth computer in a center for processing;
all of the computers being connected to an online system for receiving and sending data on an auction;
the auction being performed as follows;
step 1;
the buyers bid a price for a product during a first predetermined time period, with the bid price being transmitted to the first computer;
step 2;
status of bidding on the product is transmitted to all of the computers over the online system;
step 3;
the organizer, the assessor and the buyers confirming the bidding status during a second predetermined time period;
step 4;
if there is more than one bid above a reserve price for the product set by the assessor, step 1, step 2 and step 3 are repeated a predetermined number of times until there is only one bid left;
the one bid left being the successful bidder;
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A real-time auction system that is the same as traditional auctions by utilizing the internet. The system utilizes computers in which a number of buyers bid a price for a product and the bids are transmitted over the internet to a computer for an organizer, an assessor, a center and each buyer. If there is more than one bid over a reserve price set by the assessor the process repeats until at only one bid is left. The one bid left is the successful bidder. When there are no bids above the reserve price set, the process repeats a predetermined number of times.
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1. A real-time auction system comprising:
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a first computer operated by an auction organizer;
a second computer operated by an assessor who exhibits and sells products;
a plurality of third computers operated by buyers;
a fourth computer in a center for processing;
all of the computers being connected to an online system for receiving and sending data on an auction;
the auction being performed as follows;
step 1;
the buyers bid a price for a product during a first predetermined time period, with the bid price being transmitted to the first computer;
step 2;
status of bidding on the product is transmitted to all of the computers over the online system;
step 3;
the organizer, the assessor and the buyers confirming the bidding status during a second predetermined time period;
step 4;
if there is more than one bid above a reserve price for the product set by the assessor, step 1, step 2 and step 3 are repeated a predetermined number of times until there is only one bid left;
the one bid left being the successful bidder;
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