ONLINE BIDDING SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

• US 20100325017A1
• Filed: 06/18/2010
• Published: 12/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Charlie Hrach Mirzakhanyan
• Original Assignee: Charlie Hrach Mirzakhanyan
• Inventors: Mirzakhanyan, Charlie Hrach
• Application Number:
  US12/818,260
• Publication Number:
  US 20100325017A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.8
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions

Abstract

A system, method and computer program product for online bidding for vehicle purchases, including a server configured to receive a vehicle request specifying a vehicle desire to be purchased from a buyer computer device. The server is configured to transmit the vehicle request to one or more computer devices of vehicle sellers. The server is configured to receive bids based on the vehicle specified in the vehicle request from the computer devices of the vehicle sellers. The server is configured to display bids received from the one or more computer devices of the vehicle sellers on the computer device of the buyer and the computer devices of the vehicle sellers.

Claims

1. An online bidding system for vehicle purchases, the system comprising:

a server configured to receive a vehicle request specifying a vehicle desire to be purchased from a buyer computer device;

the server being configured to transmit the vehicle request to one or more computer devices of vehicle sellers;

the server being configured to receive bids based on the vehicle specified in the vehicle request from the computer devices of the vehicle sellers; and

the server being configured to display bids received from the one or more computer devices of the vehicle sellers on the computer device of the buyer and the computer devices of the vehicle sellers.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is configured to receive from the computer device of the buyer an acceptance of a bid of the received bids and forward the bid acceptance to the corresponding computer device of the vehicle seller that made the accepted bid.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is configured to allow one or more rounds of bidding from the computer devices of the vehicle sellers.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is configured to receive from the computer device of the buyer an auction end request for ending the bidding from the computer devices of the vehicle sellers.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the server, before commencing the bidding, is configured to qualify the buyer, based on credit information of the buyer received from the computer device of the buyer, and qualify the sellers, based on information regarding the sellers received from the computer devices of the sellers.

6. A computer implemented method for online bidding for vehicle purchases, the method comprising:

receiving by a server from a buyer computer device a vehicle request specifying a vehicle desire to be purchased;

transmitting by the server to one or more computer devices of vehicle sellers the vehicle request;

receiving by the server from the computer devices of the vehicle sellers bids based on the vehicle specified in the vehicle request; and

displaying by the server on the computer device of the buyer and the computer devices of the vehicle sellers bids received from the one or more computer devices of the vehicle sellers.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving by the server from the computer device of the buyer an acceptance of a bid of the received bids; and

forwarding by the server to the corresponding computer device of the vehicle seller that made the accepted bid the bid acceptance.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising allowing by the server one or more rounds of bidding from the computer devices of the vehicle sellers.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising receiving by the server from the computer device of the buyer an auction end request for ending the bidding from the computer devices of the vehicle sellers.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising, the server, before commencing the bidding, qualifying the buyer, based on credit information of the buyer received from the computer device of the buyer, and qualifying the sellers, based on information regarding the sellers received from the computer devices of the sellers.

11. A computer program product for online bidding for vehicle purchases, and including one or more computer readable instructions embedded on a computer readable medium and configured to cause one or more computer processors to perform the steps of:

receiving by a server from a buyer computer device a vehicle request specifying a vehicle desire to be purchased;

transmitting by the server to one or more computer devices of vehicle sellers the vehicle request;

receiving by the server from the computer devices of the vehicle sellers bids based on the vehicle specified in the vehicle request; and

displaying by the server on the computer device of the buyer and the computer devices of the vehicle sellers bids received from the one or more computer devices of the vehicle sellers.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving by the server from the computer device of the buyer an acceptance of a bid of the received bids; and

forwarding by the server to the corresponding computer device of the vehicle seller that made the accepted bid the bid acceptance.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising allowing by the server one or more rounds of bidding from the computer devices of the vehicle sellers.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising receiving by the server from the computer device of the buyer an auction end request for ending the bidding from the computer devices of the vehicle sellers.

15. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising, the server, before commencing the bidding, qualifying the buyer, based on credit information of the buyer received from the computer device of the buyer, and qualifying the sellers, based on information regarding the sellers received from the computer devices of the sellers.