Methods, systems, and apparatus for dynamic bid resolution
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorRoy Leon Camp
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus to resolve offers to provide an item to a consumer are described. An item may be one or more of a product and a service. A request for an item may be provided to one or more providers of the product and/or service. One or more bids to provide an offer for the requested item may be received and the received bids may be compared. The one or more providers may be informed of the one or more most competitive bids, and may provide revised bids until the bidding period ends. A consumer may be informed of the one or more most competitive offers.
Claims25
An apparatus to resolve bids to offer an item, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- memory to store instructions that, when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
- provide a request for the item to one or more providers, the item is one or more of a product and a service;
- receive one or more bids to provide an offer for the requested item;
- compare the received bids;
- inform the one or more providers of the one or more most competitive bids;
- and
- repeat the receive, compare, and inform operations until a bidding period ends.
A method for resolving bids to offer an item, the method comprising:
- providing a request for the item to one or more providers, the item is one or more of a product and a service;
- receiving one or more bids to provide an offer for the requested item;
- comparing the received bids;
- informing the one or more providers of the one or more most competitive bids;
- and
- repeating the receive, compare, and inform operations until a bidding period ends.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying instructions that, when executed by a processor perform operations comprising:
- providing a request for an item to one or more providers, the item is one or more of a product and a service;
- receiving one or more bids to provide an offer for the requested item;
- comparing the received bids;
- informing the one or more providers of the one or more most competitive bids;
- and
- repeating the receive, compare, and inform operations until a bidding period ends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.