Systems and methods for third party sponsorship of a network event
OwnerJonathon Linner, Juho-Pekka Virolaine +1inventors
InventorsJonathon Linner, Juho-Pekka Virolaine, Rob Lawson
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Abstract
Systems and methods for third-party sponsorship of a network event are provided. An item is associated with a reverse auction. One or more marketing messages associated with a third party sponsor associated with the reverse auction are communicated to a user. An entry associated with the reverse auction is received from the user. The entry for the reverse auction is accepted.
Claims30
A method for providing third party sponsorship of a reverse auction comprising:
- associating an item with a reverse auction;
- communicating one or more marketing messages associated with a third party sponsor to a user associated with the reverse auction;
- receiving an entry associated with the reverse auction from the user;
- and
- accepting the entry.
A system for providing third party sponsorship of a reverse auction comprising:
- a prize module configured to associate an item with a reverse auction;
- a marketing messages module configured to communicate one or more marketing messages associated with a third party sponsor to a user associated with the reverse auction;
- and
- a communications module configured to receive an entry associated with the reverse auction from a user and to accept the entry for the reverse auction.
A computer readable medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor for performing a method for providing third party sponsorship of a reverse auction comprising:
- associating an item with a reverse auction;
- communicating one or more marketing messages associated with a third party sponsor to a user associated with the reverse auction;
- receiving an entry associated with the reverse auction from the user;
- and
- accepting the entry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.