One-To-Many, Double-Sided Online Auction
First Claim
1. A system for facilitating a one-to-many, double-sided online auction, comprising:
- an auction server configured to provide an ask price for an item presented for sale in the auction, via a network, to a plurality of computing devices being utilized by a plurality of bidders;
wherein the auction server is further configured to receive, via the network, a plurality of bids for the item from the plurality of computing devices;
wherein the auction server is further configured to provide a modified ask price, via the network, to at least some of the plurality of computing devices, wherein the modified ask price is based on at least one of the plurality of bids;
wherein the auction server is further configured to receive, via the network and subsequent to providing the modified ask price, at least an additional bid from at least one of the plurality of computing devices;
wherein the auction server is further configured to terminate the auction in response to a termination condition; and
wherein the termination condition is one of;
a bid-ask match where a bid received by the auction server from one of the plurality of bidders is at least equal to one of;
the ask price, and the modified ask price; and
the expiration of an auction time clock.
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Abstract
Systems, methods and computer program products for facilitating the operations of an online one-to-many, double-sided auction are disclosed. In an aspect of the present invention, a system includes an automated system configured to provide an ask price for an item presented in an auction, via a network, to a plurality of computing devices being utilized by a plurality of bidders and configured to receive, via the network, a plurality of bids for the item; and wherein the automated system terminates the auction in response to a termination condition. A termination condition is, for example, a bid-ask match (where a bid is greater than or equal to the ask price) or an auction time clock expiration.
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30 Claims
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1. A system for facilitating a one-to-many, double-sided online auction, comprising:
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an auction server configured to provide an ask price for an item presented for sale in the auction, via a network, to a plurality of computing devices being utilized by a plurality of bidders; wherein the auction server is further configured to receive, via the network, a plurality of bids for the item from the plurality of computing devices; wherein the auction server is further configured to provide a modified ask price, via the network, to at least some of the plurality of computing devices, wherein the modified ask price is based on at least one of the plurality of bids; wherein the auction server is further configured to receive, via the network and subsequent to providing the modified ask price, at least an additional bid from at least one of the plurality of computing devices; wherein the auction server is further configured to terminate the auction in response to a termination condition; and wherein the termination condition is one of;
a bid-ask match where a bid received by the auction server from one of the plurality of bidders is at least equal to one of;
the ask price, and the modified ask price; and
the expiration of an auction time clock. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer implemented method for facilitating a one-to-many, double-sided online auction, comprising the steps of:
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providing, by an auction server and via a network, an ask price for an item presented for sale in the auction to a plurality of computing devices being utilized by a plurality of bidders; receiving, at the auction server and via the network, a plurality of bids for the item from the plurality of bidders; providing, by the auction server and via the network, a modified ask price to at least some of the plurality of computing devices, wherein the modified ask price is based on at least one of the plurality of bids; receiving, at the auction server, via the network and subsequent to providing the modified ask price, at least an additional bid from at least one of the plurality of computing devices; and terminating, by the auction server, the auction in response to a termination condition; wherein the termination condition is one of;
a bid-ask match where a bid received by the auction server from one of the plurality of bidders is at least equal to one of;
the ask price, and the modified ask price; and
the expiration of an auction time clock. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A computer program product comprising computer usable medium encoded in a computer having control logic stored therein for causing the computer to facilitate a one-to-many, double-sided online auction, said control logic comprising:
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first computer readable program code means for causing the computer to provide, via a network, an ask price for an item presented for sale in the auction to a plurality of computing devices being utilized by a plurality of bidders; second computer readable program code means for causing the computer to receive, via the network, a plurality of bids for the item from the plurality of bidders; third computer readable program code means for causing the computer to provide, via the network, a modified ask price to at least some of the plurality of computing devices, wherein the modified ask price is based on at least one of the plurality of bids; fourth computer readable program code means for causing the computer to receive, via the network and subsequent to providing the modified ask price, at least an additional bid from at least one of the plurality of computing devices; and fifth computer readable program code means for causing the computer to terminate the auction in response to a termination condition; wherein the termination condition is one of;
a bid-ask match where a bid received by the auction server from one of the plurality of bidders is at least equal to one of;
the ask price, and the modified ask price; and
the expiration of an auction time clock. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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