Internet online group bidding system and method
OwnerEdward Hsieh, Yen Ming Leeinventors
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Abstract
A method of transacting Internet online group bids, which has the following steps: providing a bidding system; permitting a consumer on a connected website to enter into the bidding system via a hyperlink method, and replying with a signal back to the bidding system; displaying a merchandise web page, with the merchandise web page simulating the format of the connected website; accepting a bid given by the consumer; and comparing the bid with all other bids and selecting the proper bids.
Claims15
An Internet online group bidding system enabling a plurality of consumers on different websites to bid for an identical type of merchandise via networking technology, the system comprising:
- a server for connecting to a plurality of different websites;
- a website database for storing websites connection data;
- a merchandise database for storing merchandise data;
- a transaction database for storing bid record data for each type of merchandise;
- a format transformation means for transforming a plurality of merchandise data into different format types for different connected websites;
- a transmitting means for sending merchandise data between the system and the different connected websites;
- and
- a bidding means for receiving bids sent by the consumers on a plurality of different connected websites and selecting proper bids.
A method of transacting Internet online group bids, the method enabling a plurality of consumers on different websites to bid for an identical type of merchandise via net working technology, the method comprising:
- providing a server system for connecting to a plurality of different websites;
- providing a database for storing merchandise browsing data, a websites connection data and bid record data for each type of merchandise;
- transforming the arrangement format of the merchandise browsing data into a different arrangement format of each connected website;
- sending merchandise data to the plurality of connected websites;
- accepting a bid sent from a consumer on one of connected websites;
- comparing the bid with all other bids;
- and
- selecting and displaying proper bids.
A method of transacting Internet online group bids, the method enabling a plurality of consumers on different websites to bid for an identical type of merchandise via networking technology, the method comprising:
- providing a bidding system;
- permitting a consumer on a connected website to enter into the bidding system via a hyperlink method, and replying a signal back to the bidding system;
- displaying a merchandise web page, the merchandise web page is simulating the format of the connected website;
- accepting a bid given by the consumer;
- and
- comparing the bid with all other bids and selecting the proper bids.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.