Method and system of listing an item in a fixed-price section
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1. An electronic publishing system to offer an item for sale, over a network, the system comprising:
- a first section to offer a first item for sale via an auction process and a first fixed-price process; and
a second section to offer the first item for sale via a second fixed-price process.
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Abstract
A method and system includes listing an item for sale in a first section of an electronic system and listing the item in a second section of the electronic system. In an example, the first section may offer the item for sale from a time A to a time B, and the second section may offer the item for sale from the time B to a time C. In an additional example, the first section may offer the item for sale via an auction process and a first fixed-price process, and the second section may offer the item for sale via a second fixed-price process.
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29 Claims
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1. An electronic publishing system to offer an item for sale, over a network, the system comprising:
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a first section to offer a first item for sale via an auction process and a first fixed-price process; and
a second section to offer the first item for sale via a second fixed-price process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An electronic publishing system comprising:
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an auction section to offer an item for sale via an auction process from a time A to a time B; and
a clearance section to offer the item for sale via a fixed-price process from the time B to a time C, wherein at the time B the item transfers from the auction section to the clearance section. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A method to offer an item for sale via an electronic marketplace system, over a network, the method including:
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selecting between listing an item in an auction section of the electronic marketplace system via an auction process and listing the item in a clearance section of the electronic marketplace system via a fixed-price process; and
transitioning the item between the auction section and the clearance section upon the occurrence of a predetermined event. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
transferring an item offered for sale in an auction section of an electronic publishing system over a network via an auction process from a time A to a time B to a fixed-price section of the electronic publishing system from the time B to a time C. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system comprising:
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means for listing an item offered for sale via an auction process in a first section of an electronic system over a network from a time A to a time B; and
means for listing the item offered for sale via a fixed price process in a second section of the electronic system from the time B to a time C. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. A computer-readable medium having program instructions to perform a method including:
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listing an item for sale in an auction section of an electronic system via an auction process from a time A to a time B;
transferring the item from the auction section to a clearance section of the electronic system; and
listing the item in the clearance section at a fixed-price from the time B to a time C. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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