Method and system to publish a proxy bid and a reserve price
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1. A network-based commerce system including:
- a processor coupled to a memory through a bus; and
a fixed price-setting process executed from the memory by the processor to cause the processor to automatically publish at least one of a proxy bid information and a reserve price if a high proxy bid is less than the reserve price, the proxy bid information and the reserve price being associated with a listing for an item during a network-based auction price-setting process.
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Abstract
A auction system includes an auction price-setting purchase process and a fixed price purchase process for purchasing a buyer'"'"'s proxy bid during an auction.
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1. A network-based commerce system including:
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a processor coupled to a memory through a bus; and
a fixed price-setting process executed from the memory by the processor to cause the processor to automatically publish at least one of a proxy bid information and a reserve price if a high proxy bid is less than the reserve price, the proxy bid information and the reserve price being associated with a listing for an item during a network-based auction price-setting process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A network-based commerce system including:
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a means for automatically publishing at least one of a proxy bid information and a reserve price if a high proxy bid is less than the reserve price, the proxy bid information and the reserve price being associated with a listing for an item during a network-based auction price-setting process; and
a means for storing the listing. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A machine-readable medium having instructions to cause a machine to perform a method to facilitate operation of a network-based commerce system, the method including:
automatically publishing at least one of a proxy bid information and a reserve price if a high proxy bid is less than the reserve price, the proxy bid information and the reserve price being associated with a listing for an item during a network-based auction price-setting process. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method to facilitate operation of a network-based commerce system, the method including:
automatically publishing at least one of a proxy bid information and a reserve price if a high proxy bid is less than the reserve price, the proxy bid information and the reserve price being associated with a listing for an item during a network-based auction price-setting process. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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