Methods and machine readable mediums to enable a fixed price purchase within an online auction environment
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, at a first computer system, a request to list an offering to a buyer using an auction purchase process and a fixed-price purchase process;
determining, at the first computer system, whether a bid has been received for the offering to the buyer the determining done at least in part through the use of one or more processors; and
presenting, via the first computer system, simultaneously to the buyer, both an auction purchase process option and a fixed-price purchase process option responsive to the determining that the bid has not been received, the auction purchase process option for initiating an auction purchase process for purchase of the offering and the fixed-price purchase process option for initiating a fixed-price purchase process for purchase of the offering.
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Abstract
A method of allowing a seller in an auction facility to offer buyers the option of buying an offering at a pre-auction seller determined price or using a regular auction process. If a buyer is given the option to purchase at the seller determined price and decides to use the regular auction process by submitting a bid, the option to buy the offering at a pre-auction seller determined price is discontinued.
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11 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a first computer system, a request to list an offering to a buyer using an auction purchase process and a fixed-price purchase process; determining, at the first computer system, whether a bid has been received for the offering to the buyer the determining done at least in part through the use of one or more processors; and presenting, via the first computer system, simultaneously to the buyer, both an auction purchase process option and a fixed-price purchase process option responsive to the determining that the bid has not been received, the auction purchase process option for initiating an auction purchase process for purchase of the offering and the fixed-price purchase process option for initiating a fixed-price purchase process for purchase of the offering. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A tangible machine readable medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
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receive a request to list an offering to a buyer using an auction purchase process and a fixed-price purchase process; determine whether a bid has been received for the offering to the buyer; and present, simultaneously to the buyer, both an auction purchase process option and a fixed-price purchase process option responsive to the determination that the bid has not been received, the auction purchase process option for initiating an auction purchase process for purchase of the offering and the fixed-price purchase process option for initiating a fixed-price purchase process for purchase of the offering. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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