Live auction using electronic auction paddles
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1. An auction system for registering bids during an auction for a particular item, the auction system comprising:
- a plurality of electronic paddles usable by bidders at a live auction, each of the plurality of electronic paddles comprising an actuator usable by one of the bidders to enter a bid on an item auctioned during the live auction; and
an electronic auction-hosting device capable of receiving electronic information sufficient to register as the currently highest bid, the bid from the electronic paddle associated with the one bidder.
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Abstract
Aspects of the present invention include a system for facilitating live auctions using electronic auction paddles to chronologically register bids. In one embodiment, an electronic auction-hosting device wirelessly communicates with a plurality of electronic auction paddles to register bids from bidders having the paddles. The host device may also include a display for providing a wide variety of information to the participants in the live auction, such as, for example, the paddle registering the currently high bid, the current bid, bid histories, information about the product or item being auctioned, and the like.
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1. An auction system for registering bids during an auction for a particular item, the auction system comprising:
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a plurality of electronic paddles usable by bidders at a live auction, each of the plurality of electronic paddles comprising an actuator usable by one of the bidders to enter a bid on an item auctioned during the live auction; and
an electronic auction-hosting device capable of receiving electronic information sufficient to register as the currently highest bid, the bid from the electronic paddle associated with the one bidder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of registering a bid from a bidder present during a live auction on an item being auctioned, the method comprising:
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monitoring a plurality of electronic devices held by bidders physically present at a live auction;
receiving a transmission representing a bid from one of the plurality of electronic devices; and
storing information uniquely identifying the one of the plurality of electronic devices in the order that the transmission was received. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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