Interface for bidding on a resource
AssigneeIncentAlign, Inc.
InventorsKai H. Stinchcombe, Gregory Piesco-Putnam
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Abstract
Facilitating determination of an amount to bid for a resource is disclosed. In some embodiments, market condition data indicating for at least a currently indicated bid amount a corresponding likely wait to obtain the resource under current conditions in an auction-based market used to allocate the resource is received. A representation of at least the likely wait corresponding to the currently indicated bid amount is communicated to a user.
Claims35
A system to facilitate determination of an amount to bid for a resource, comprising:
- a communication interface;
- and
- a processor coupled to the communication interface and configured to:
- receive via the communication interface market condition data indicating for at least a currently indicated bid amount a corresponding likely wait to obtain the resource under current conditions in an auction-based market used to allocate the resource;
- and
- communicate to a user a representation of at least said likely wait corresponding to the currently indicated bid amount.
A method to facilitate determination of an amount to bid for a resource, comprising:
- receiving via a communication interface market condition data indicating for at least a currently indicated bid amount a corresponding likely wait to obtain the resource under current conditions in an auction-based market used to allocate the resource;
- and
- communicating to a user via an output device a representation of at least said likely wait corresponding to the currently indicated bid amount.
A system to facilitate determination of an amount to bid for a resource, comprising:
- means for receiving market condition data indicating for at least a currently indicated bid amount a corresponding likely wait to obtain the resource under current conditions in an auction-based market used to allocate the resource;
- and
- means for communicating to a user a representation of at least said likely wait corresponding to the currently indicated bid amount.
A computer program product to facilitate determination of an amount to bid for a resource, the computer program product being embodied in a computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- receiving market condition data indicating for at least a currently indicated bid amount a corresponding likely wait to obtain the resource under current conditions in an auction-based market used to allocate the resource;
- and
- communicating to a user a representation of at least said likely wait corresponding to the currently indicated bid amount.
A system to facilitate determination of an amount to bid for a resource, comprising:
- a communication interface;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- determine for each of at least a plurality of bid amounts in a range of bid amounts a corresponding likely wait to obtain the resource under current conditions in an auction-based market used to allocate the resource;
- and
- provide to a remote device via the communication interface market condition data usable at the remote device to communicate a representation of at least a likely wait corresponding to a currently indicated bid amount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.