Auction methods and system for perishable products

• US 20060080213A1
• Filed: 03/02/2005
• Published: 04/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toyoake Flower Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Toyoake Flower Company Limited
• Inventors: Inoue, Mamoru
• Application Number:
  US11/069,047
• Publication Number:
  US 20060080213A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

An auction system (X) has a marketable auction device 2 to actuate a purchasing scale distinction member (24) provided to distinguish large lot buyers who bid more than 2 unit number from small lot buyers who bid falling short of 2 unit number. A redistribution member (25) works to multiply a factor 1.2 by counterbidding prices that the large lot buyers tender so as to produce estimation prices, while at the same time, producing estimation prices equal to counterbidding prices which the small lot buyers bid without multiplication. Then, the redistribution member (25) determines successful bidders preferentially in order from those who have highest counterbidding prices against the gross unit quantity of the perishable products so that a lowest successful bid price among the successful bidders is determined to be a contract price for all the successful bidders. The auction system (X) enables an auction market to keep higher contract prices through the bidding season so as to enhance the gross net sale without an erratic fluctuation.

Claims

1. An auction system including a marketable auction device comprising:

an indicator member provided to indicate a commodity information about a gross unit quantity of perishable products transacted in an auction market, while at the same time, indicating auction information involving a process how the auction advances, and counterbidding results gained upon bidding the perishable products in said auction market;

a counterbidding information input member provided for a plurality of buyers who join the auction market to input counterbidding prices and counterbidding quantity of the perishable products which the buyers wish to purchase;

a terminal communication member provided to transmit and receive counterbidding information and said auction information;

a plurality of joint transaction terminals provided to be operated by said buyers who join the auction market;

a communication member provided to transmit and receive said counterbidding information and said auction information between said joint transaction terminals and said terminal communication member;

a purchasing scale distinction member provided to totalize said counterbidding prices which the buyers input for the perishable products under the auction market based on said counterbidding information which said the communication member receives, and distinguishing a large lot group which inputs more than a predetermined counterbidding unit number (r) for the perishable products from a small lot group which inputs short of said predetermined counterbidding unit number (r) for the perishable products;

a redistribution member provided to produce estimation prices in which said counterbidding prices are multiplied by a factor (m) for each of the buyers who belong to said large lot group, and producing estimation prices equal to said counterbidding prices for each of the buyers who belong to said small lot group so as to determine successful bidders preferentially in order from those who have highest counterbidding prices against said gross unit quantity of said perishable products so that a lowest counterbidding price among said successful bidders is decided to be a contract price for all the successful bidders during the counterbidding process.

2. An auction system according to claim 1, wherein said perishable products include floral products, agriproducts, cattle products and marine products which are to be consumed for a shorter period of time because they are unstable in fresh supply and not long preservable.

3. An auction system according to claim 1, wherein the following relationship is defined between said predetermined unit number (r) and said factor (m).

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4. An auction system according to claim 3, wherein said unit number (r) is determined depending on the gross unit quantity and a marketable scale of said perishable products.

5. An auction system according to claim 1, wherein said factor (m) is determined to be higher as a purchasing power of the buyers belonging to said large lot group become stronger, as a ratio of the buyers occupying said large lot group becomes greater, as said perishable products are placed longer under said auction market and as the time elapsed is sooner after the auction starts.