×

System and mehtod for providing information about assets during a live auction

  • US 9,697,566 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2014
  • Issued: 07/04/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A computer-implemented method of providing information about a live auction event at which a plurality of assets are scheduled for individual auctions, the method being performed by one or more processors and comprising:

  • identifying the plurality of assets that are indicated for auction at the live auction event, each of the plurality of assets being associated with one of a plurality of auction states, each of the plurality of auction states representing an availability of a corresponding asset of the plurality of assets to be auctioned at the live auction event, the plurality of auction states including at least each of (i) a first state for assets that are to proceed to auction, (ii) a second state for assets which have had their auction canceled, (iii) a third state for assets which have had their auction completed, and (iv) a fourth state for assets which have had their auction postponed;

    communicating with multiple sources from which individual assets of the plurality of assets are provided in order to repeatedly receive, during the live auction event, information indicating a current auction state of each asset of the plurality of assets; and

    during the live auction event, generating a matrix interface that displays the current auction state of each asset of the plurality of assets in real-time using information received from the multiple sources;

    wherein generating the matrix interface includes;

    (i) generating the matrix interface to include a plurality of cells in which each of the plurality of cells provides an indicator of a corresponding asset and a corresponding current auction state of that asset, wherein the indicator of the current auction state for each of the plurality of assets is provided by a visually distinguishable, non-textual characteristic of the corresponding cell that maps to one of the plurality of auction states;

    (ii) dynamically updating the matrix interface by changing the indicators of current auction states of the plurality of assets to reflect changes in the current auction states of those assets; and

    (iii) providing the updated matrix interface simultaneously in multiple computing environments for a plurality of users, including to (a) a display device provided at the live auction event to be viewable by bidders, and (b) one or more subscribers who are remote to the live auction event, via an online medium, the updated matrix interface being formatted for each subscriber based on profile information of the subscriber which indicates how the matrix interface is to be displayed by a device of that subscriber.

View all claims
  • 7 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×