Method and system for performing a buy or bid auction
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1. A method to facilitate an electronic commerce transaction, the method including:
- receiving an offer for an item from a user of an electronic commerce system, wherein the item is available for purchase via an auction facilitated by the electronic commerce system; and
automatically awarding the item to the user if the offer is at or above a posted selling price.
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Abstract
A method and system to facilitate an electronic commerce transaction includes receiving an offer for an item from a user of an electronic commerce system. The item is available for purchase via an auction facilitated by the electronic commerce system. The item is automatically awarded to the user if the offer is at or above a posted selling price.
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40 Claims
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1. A method to facilitate an electronic commerce transaction, the method including:
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receiving an offer for an item from a user of an electronic commerce system, wherein the item is available for purchase via an auction facilitated by the electronic commerce system; and
automatically awarding the item to the user if the offer is at or above a posted selling price. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic commerce system, comprising
a manager automatically to award an auction item to a bidder if an offer is at or above a posted selling price via a web-based form across a network.
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21. A machine-readable medium having executable instructions to cause one or more machines to perform a method to facilitate an electronic transaction, the method including:
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receiving an offer for an item from a user of an electronic commerce system, wherein the item is available for purchase via an auction facilitated by the electronic commerce system; and
automatically awarding the item to the user if the offer is at or above a posted selling price. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An electronic auction system, comprising
manager means for automatically awarding an auction item to a bidder if an offer is at or above a posted selling price via a web-based form across a network; - and
storage means coupled to the manager means, for storing the posted selling price. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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