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US 2013/0159098 A1Published application
Seller-driven method for a bid set system
OwnerAlejandro BACKER, Reginald Keith Swinford AMMONSinventors
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Abstract
A method for automatically bidding on multiple on-line auction items up for bid where the number of items the bidder wishes to buy is less than the number of items up for bid is disclosed. A method of a seller or auction site giving a bidder the ability to add a listing to a set of listings that can be processed as above is also disclosed.
Claims13
A method for bidding on on-line auction listings, comprising the following steps:
- (a) selecting a plurality of listings to bid on from an on-line auction, wherein each listing has an identification;
- (b) determining a number of listings required to be won;
- (c) storing the identification of each of the plurality of listings in a bid set database, wherein each listing has a corresponding record containing the identification;
- (d) selecting the first record from the bid set database after at least one listing has been stored;
- and
- (e) bidding on the listing that corresponds to the selected record after the first record is selected;
- the method further comprising:
- if the bidding results in success:
- decrementing the number of listings required to be won;
- if, after the decrementing, the number is zero, ending the process;
- and
- if, after the decrementing, the number is greater than zero, selecting the next record in the bid set database and, if the record exists, repeating step (e);
- and
- if the bidding results in failure:
- selecting the next record in the bid set database and, if the record exists, repeating step (e);
- wherein steps (c), (d), and (e) are performed by a computer.
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