FAIR DISCOUNTING AUCTION
First Claim
1. A system that facilitates employing an online auction in which a coupon is fairly administered, comprising:
- an online auction environment that employs an auction to identify a fair market value of at least one of a good or a portion of a service;
the auction receives at least one bid from a bidder with a coupon and a bidder without a coupon;
a randomizer component that selects one of a collection of bidders having coupons or a collection of bidders not having coupons based on a randomizing technique; and
the online auction environment identifies an auction winner as a highest bidder within the selected collection, the highest bidder provides a highest bid from both the collection of bidders having coupons and the collection of bidders not having coupons.
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Abstract
The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates employing an online auction in which a coupon is fairly administered. An online auction environment that can employ an auction to identify a fair market value of at least one of a good or a portion of a service, wherein the auction can receive at least one bid from a bidder with a coupon and a bidder without a coupon. A randomizer component that can select one of a collection of bidders having coupons or a collection of bidders not having coupons based on a randomizing technique, wherein the online auction environment can identify an auction winner as a highest bidder within the selected collection, the highest bidder provides a highest bid from both the collection of bidders having coupons and the collection of bidders not having coupons.
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20 Claims
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1. A system that facilitates employing an online auction in which a coupon is fairly administered, comprising:
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an online auction environment that employs an auction to identify a fair market value of at least one of a good or a portion of a service; the auction receives at least one bid from a bidder with a coupon and a bidder without a coupon; a randomizer component that selects one of a collection of bidders having coupons or a collection of bidders not having coupons based on a randomizing technique; and the online auction environment identifies an auction winner as a highest bidder within the selected collection, the highest bidder provides a highest bid from both the collection of bidders having coupons and the collection of bidders not having coupons. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-implemented method that facilitates enhancing an online auction environment by utilizing a coupon in a fair manner, comprising:
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randomly selecting one of a collection of bidders with coupons or a collection of bidders without coupons; receiving a bid within an auction or at least one of a good or a portion of service; and identifying a winner of the auction if; 1) a bidder submits a highest bid amongst the collection of bidders with coupons and the collection of bidders without coupons; and 2) the bidder is within the randomly selected collection. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer-implemented system that facilitates employing an online auction in which a coupon is fairly administered, comprising:
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means for employing an auction to identify a fair market value of at least one of a good or a portion of a service; means for receiving at least one bid from a bidder with a coupon and a bidder without a coupon; means for randomly selecting one of a collection of bidders having coupons or a collection of bidders not having coupons; and means for identifying an auction winner as a highest bidder within the selected collection, the highest bidder provides a highest bid from both the collection of bidders having coupons and the collection of bidders not having coupons.
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