Interactive auction style system and method for coordinating user activities
First Claim
1. In a computer system, a method for interactive auction dating comprising:
- obtaining an first activity description from a poster wherein said first activity description comprises a time and location for an activity wherein said first activity description comprises an auction deadline;
obtaining a first bid from a first member for said activity set to occur at said time and said location;
obtaining a second bid from a second member for said activity set to occur at said time and said location;
obtaining an input from said poster comprising a choice between said first bid and said second bid therein resulting in a winning bid associated with a winning member;
determining if said winning member associated with said winning bid has a third bid corresponding to a second activity that is unattendable based on said time and said location of said second activity with respect to said first activity; and
, removing said third bid from said second activity if said second activity is unattendable.
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Abstract
Embodiments enable auction style dating comprising posting and bidding for activities which have at least a temporal component. Bids are a commitment from a bidder to attend an activity posted by a posting member that occur at a given time and possibly location. Embodiments of the invention enable an auction style online dating service that brings people with common interests together based on activities and allows for actual dating activity between a person posting an activity and a person seeking to participate in the activity through the bid process. The system allows for a real-time interactive dating service that allows a person who posts the activity to choose between bids. In addition, the system is capable of removing bids for other activities after a user has won an auction if the winning user'"'"'s other bids are for activities that would not be able to be attended based on the winning bid.
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1. In a computer system, a method for interactive auction dating comprising:
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obtaining an first activity description from a poster wherein said first activity description comprises a time and location for an activity wherein said first activity description comprises an auction deadline;
obtaining a first bid from a first member for said activity set to occur at said time and said location;
obtaining a second bid from a second member for said activity set to occur at said time and said location;
obtaining an input from said poster comprising a choice between said first bid and said second bid therein resulting in a winning bid associated with a winning member;
determining if said winning member associated with said winning bid has a third bid corresponding to a second activity that is unattendable based on said time and said location of said second activity with respect to said first activity; and
,removing said third bid from said second activity if said second activity is unattendable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In a computer system, a method for interactive auction dating comprising:
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obtaining an first activity description from a first poster wherein said first activity description comprises a time and location for an activity wherein said first activity description comprises an auction deadline;
obtaining a first bid from a first member for said activity set to occur at said time and said location;
obtaining a second bid from a second member for said activity set to occur at said time and said location;
obtaining an input from said first poster comprising a choice between said first bid and said second bid therein resulting in a winning bid associated with a winning member;
determining if said winning member associated with said winning bid has a third bid corresponding to a second activity that is unattendable based on said time and said location of said second activity with respect to said first activity;
obtaining a first post off bid from a poster associated with said first activity and a second post off bid from a poster associated with said second activity; and
,informing a winning member and a winning poster of a successful auction result. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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