Call schedule auctioning method and apparatus
First Claim
1. A method for auctioning over a communications network, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving from a buyer over the communications network a maximum price that the buyer is willing to pay for at least one of a good and a service;
receiving from a plurality of potential sellers over the communications network progressively lower competing bids for the at least one of the good or the service, the competing bids corresponding to compensation amounts that potential sellers are willing to accept for providing the at least one of the good and the service; and
generating at least one signal corresponding to an identity of a winning seller.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article for auctioning over a communications network are provided. The method includes receiving from a buyer over the communications network a maximum price that the buyer is willing to pay for at least one of a good and a service; receiving from a plurality of potential sellers over the communications network progressively lower competing bids for the at least one of the good or the service, the competing bids corresponding to compensation amounts that potential sellers are willing to accept for providing the at least one of the good and the service; and generating at least one signal corresponding to an identity of a winning seller.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for auctioning over a communications network, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving from a buyer over the communications network a maximum price that the buyer is willing to pay for at least one of a good and a service;
receiving from a plurality of potential sellers over the communications network progressively lower competing bids for the at least one of the good or the service, the competing bids corresponding to compensation amounts that potential sellers are willing to accept for providing the at least one of the good and the service; and
generating at least one signal corresponding to an identity of a winning seller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus for auctioning over a communications network, the apparatus comprising:
a computing device configured to be coupled to the communications network, the computing device being further configured to receive over the communications network a maximum price that a buyer is willing to pay for at least one of a good or a service, receive over the communications network a plurality of progressively lower competing bids for the at least one of the good or the service, the competing bids corresponding to compensation amounts that potential sellers are willing to accept for providing the at least one of the good or the service, and generate at least one signal corresponding to an identity of a winning seller. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for auctioning an assignment on a call work schedule, the schedule being suited for communication over a communications network, the apparatus comprising:
a computing device configured to be coupled to the communications network, the computing device being further configured to transmit a request over the communications network to auction the assignment, obtain a list of workers who can take the assignment without violating at least one of demographic information and rules, transmit at least one bid for the assignment over the communications network, and generate an announcement corresponding to an identity of a winning bidder.
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12. An article of manufacture for auctioning over a communications network, the article of manufacture comprising:
a computer-readable signal-bearing medium, the computer-readable signal-bearing medium having information signals therein, the information signals corresponding to a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the apparatus, cause the apparatus to receive over the communications network a maximum price that a buyer is willing to pay for at least one of a good or a service, receive over the communications network a plurality of progressively lower competing bids for the at least one of the good or the service, the competing bids corresponding to compensation amounts that potential sellers are willing to accept for providing the at least one of the good or the service, and generate at least one signal corresponding to an identity of a winning seller. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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