ONLINE AUCTION ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATION TOOL
First Claim
1. A method for providing at least one of an auction item analysis and auction participant recommendations utilizing auction parameter data, comprising:
- retrieving participant profile data for an auction participant on a computer system;
retrieving a first plurality of parameters comprising sale information for an auction item associated with the auction participant on the computer system;
retrieving a second plurality of parameters comprising collective sale information for a plurality of auction participants associated with the auction item on the computer system; and
generating an output on the computer system based on the participant profile data, the first plurality of parameters, and the second plurality of parameters, the output comprising at least one auction decision recommendation associated with buying and selling the auction item in at least one online auction hosted by one or more auction websites.
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Abstract
In a computer system, online auction data is retrieved by an auction analysis application program to generate recommendations for buying and selling auction items to auction participants. The auction participants may be either auction buyers or auction sellers. Profile data and auction item historical data associated with one or more auction participants is collected at the computer system from an auction website over a communication network. An output is then generated based on the profile data and the auction item historical data. The output may include recommendations for an auction seller and an auction buyer which may be utilized to increase sales of an auction item and to obtain a lowest price for an auction item.
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1. A method for providing at least one of an auction item analysis and auction participant recommendations utilizing auction parameter data, comprising:
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retrieving participant profile data for an auction participant on a computer system; retrieving a first plurality of parameters comprising sale information for an auction item associated with the auction participant on the computer system; retrieving a second plurality of parameters comprising collective sale information for a plurality of auction participants associated with the auction item on the computer system; and generating an output on the computer system based on the participant profile data, the first plurality of parameters, and the second plurality of parameters, the output comprising at least one auction decision recommendation associated with buying and selling the auction item in at least one online auction hosted by one or more auction websites. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions, which, when executed on a computer, will cause the computer to perform a method of providing at least one of an auction item analysis and auction participant recommendations utilizing auction parameter data, the method comprising:
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retrieving participant profile data for an auction participant; retrieving a first plurality of parameters comprising sale information for an auction item associated with the auction participant; retrieving a second plurality of parameters comprising collective sale information for a plurality of auction participants associated with the auction item; tracking a number of viewers for the auction item over a predetermined period; generating an output based on the participant profile data, the first plurality of parameters, and the second plurality of parameters, the output comprising a popularity index and an availability index associated with sales of the auction item over the predetermined period and at least one recommendation associated with buying and selling the auction item in at least one online auction hosted by one or more auction websites; and displaying the output on a display device of the computer. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for utilizing auction parameter data to generate alerts for making an auction item transaction, comprising:
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receiving the auction parameter data on a computer system, the auction parameter data associated with sales of the auction item over a predetermined period in at least one online auction hosted by one or more auction websites; and in response to receiving the auction parameter data on the computer system, generating an alert for making a transaction with respect to the auction item. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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