Integration of remote bidders into multiple and simultaneous live auctions

A bidding device that enables a bidder to actively participate in and concurrently monitor multiple auctioning events and to enter additional auctioning events directly from the bidding device, the bidding device comprising:

• a display;
• a user input interface;
• a bid processing system interface to allow the bidding device to be communicatively coupled to a bid processing system through a network;
• a processing unit configured to:
• present a list of two or more auctioning events available for a bidder to participate in;
• receive a selection from the user input interface to select a first auctioning event and presenting a bidding window on the display, the first bidding window being associated with the first auctioning event, inclusive of at least one active control and mapped to a first customer identifier, wherein the first bidding window receives audio associated with the first auctioning event;
• receive a selection from the user input interface to select a second auctioning event and presenting a second bidding window on the display, the second bidding window being associated with the second auctioning event, inclusive of at least one active control and mapped to a second customer identifier;
• receive an actuation of the first bidding window active bidding control, wherein upon receipt of the actuation the bidding device forwards a signal to the bid processing system managing the first auctioning event;
• receive an actuation of the second bidding window bidding active bidding control, wherein upon receipt of the actuation the bidding device forwards a signal to the bid processing system managing the second auctioning event;
• cause the first bidding window to be displayed in an active state, the active state bidding window displaying information at a first level of detail pertinent to a first auctioning event;
• and
• cause the second bidding window to be displayed in a docked state, the docked state bidding window displaying information at a second level of detail pertinent to a second auctioning event, wherein the information at a second level of detail is a subset of a first level of information detail of the second auctioning event.