Computer controlled auction system
First Claim
1. A method for allocating a plurality of priority rights, the method comprising:
- providing a system, including a computer configured to identify and rank acceptable bid records, that includes a database containing ranks for the plurality of priority rights;
storing, in the database, a plurality of bid records received by the system, the bid records including bid amount information;
identifying, using the computer, a plurality of acceptable bid records among the plurality of bid records stored in the database, wherein the acceptable bid records are identified, using the computer, as acceptable at least partially based on the bid record bid amount information;
automatically ranking, using the computer, the plurality of acceptable bid records at least partially based on the bid record bid amount information; and
associating, using the computer, a selected acceptable bid record with at least one of the plurality of priority rights.
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Abstract
An automated ticket auctioning system receives and evaluates bid information records received from a plurality of remote terminals. Each bid information record corresponds to at least one bid for one or more desired seats at a venue. Each bid information record may also include a plurality of additional bids identified for different seats in the venue. The separate bids in each bid information record are prioritized. The automated ticket auctioning system includes a central controlling computer operable to receive the bid information records and determine, in order of priority, whether any of the bids in a bid information record is accepted. If one bid in a bid information record is accepted, all lower priority bids in that bid information record are dismissed.
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47 Claims
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1. A method for allocating a plurality of priority rights, the method comprising:
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providing a system, including a computer configured to identify and rank acceptable bid records, that includes a database containing ranks for the plurality of priority rights; storing, in the database, a plurality of bid records received by the system, the bid records including bid amount information; identifying, using the computer, a plurality of acceptable bid records among the plurality of bid records stored in the database, wherein the acceptable bid records are identified, using the computer, as acceptable at least partially based on the bid record bid amount information; automatically ranking, using the computer, the plurality of acceptable bid records at least partially based on the bid record bid amount information; and associating, using the computer, a selected acceptable bid record with at least one of the plurality of priority rights. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 44)
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10. A method for allocating a quantity of priority rights, the method comprising:
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ranking, using a system including a computer, the quantity of priority rights; receiving, at the system, a quantity of bid records that include bid amount information; ranking, using the system, a selected bid record with respect to the quantity of bid records at least partially based on the selected bid record bid amount information, such that the selected bid record has a selected bid record rank; and associating, using the system, the selected bid record with a selected priority right having a selected priority right rank, such that the selected priority right rank corresponds to the selected bid record rank. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 45)
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19. A method for distributing a plurality of rights, the method comprising:
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ranking the plurality of rights using a system including a computer; receiving, at the system, a plurality of bid records, the received bid records including bid amount information and bid quantity information; identifying, using the system, a plurality of acceptable bid records among the plurality of received bid records, wherein the acceptable bid records are identified at least partially based on the bid record bid amount information; ranking, using the system, the plurality of acceptable bid records at least partially based on the bid record bid amount information; and associating, using the system, a selected acceptable bid record with a quantity of the plurality of rights, wherein the quantity is equal to the selected acceptable bid record bid quantity information. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 46)
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27. A priority right allocation system that comprises:
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a memory storing (a) priority rights data including ranking data associated with a plurality of priority rights and (b) bid record data including bid amount data associated with a plurality of bid records; and a computer that is operably connected to the memory, the computer being operable to; identify a plurality of acceptable bid records among the plurality of bid records, wherein the acceptable bid records have associated therewith bid amount data that is above a threshold bid amount, rank the plurality of acceptable bid records based on the bid amount data associated with the acceptable bid records, and associate the plurality of acceptable bid records with priority rights selected from the plurality of priority rights, the association being made based at least partially on the ranking of the plurality of acceptable bid records and the priority rights ranking data. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A computer-based method for allocating a plurality of event tickets, the method comprising:
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storing in memory seat rankings for a plurality of seats; storing in memory a plurality of bids, the bids including bid amount information; and based at least in part on the bid amounts and the rankings for the seats stored in memory, automatically associating, using a computer, the plurality of bids with corresponding seats from the plurality of seats. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 47)
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