Method and system for performing a bid quantity adjustment
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1. A method to facilitate an electronic auction, the method including:
- receiving a bid for an auction item from a bidder, the bid having a bid amount and a bid quantity;
querying the bidder for an adjusted bid quantity; and
designating the bid as successful upon receiving the adjusted bid quantity from the bidder.
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Abstract
A method and system for performing a bid quantity adjustment includes receiving a bid for an auction item for a bidder. The bid includes a bid amount and a bid quantity. An adjusted bid is designated as successful upon determining that the bidder is willing to accept the adjusted bid.
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1. A method to facilitate an electronic auction, the method including:
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receiving a bid for an auction item from a bidder, the bid having a bid amount and a bid quantity;
querying the bidder for an adjusted bid quantity; and
designating the bid as successful upon receiving the adjusted bid quantity from the bidder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An electronic auction system including:
a manager, upon identifying a bid having a bid price and a bid quantity, automatically to query a bidder whether a lesser quantity than the bid quantity upon will be acceptable, wherein the lesser quantity will designate the bid to be successful. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A machine-readable medium having executable instructions to cause one or more machines to perform a method to facilitate an electronic auction, the method including:
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receiving a bid for an auction item from a bidder, the bid having a bid amount and a bid quantity;
querying the bidder for an adjusted bid quantity; and
designating the bid as successful upon receiving the adjusted bid quantity from the bidder. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An electronic auction system including:
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managing means for automatically querying a bidder whether a lesser quantity than a bid quantity will be acceptable upon identifying a bid having a bid price and a bid quantity, wherein the lesser quantity will designate the bid to be successful; and
storage means for storing the bid. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method to facilitate an electronic auction, the method including:
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receiving a bid for an auction item from a bidder, the bid having a bid amount and a bid quantity;
determining whether the bidder is willing to accept an adjusted bid quantity; and
designating the bid as successful upon determining that the bidder is willing to accept the adjusted bid quantity. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An electronic auction system including:
a manager, upon identifying a bid having a bid price and a bid quantity, automatically to determine whether a bidder will accept a lesser quantity than the bid quantity, wherein the lesser quantity will designate the bid to be successful. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A machine-readable medium having executable instructions to cause one or more computers to perform a method to facilitate an electronic auction system, the method including:
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receiving a bid for an auction item from a bidder, the bid having a bid amount and a bid quantity;
determining whether the bidder is willing to accept an adjusted bid quantity; and
designating the bid as successful upon determining that the bidder is willing to accept the adjusted bid quantity. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. An electronic auction system
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a managing means for automatically determining whether a bidder will accept a lesser quantity than a bid quantity upon identifying a bid having a bid price and a bid quantity, wherein the lesser quantity will designate the bid to be successful; and
a storage means, coupled to the managing means, for storing the bid. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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