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US 2014/0351031 A1Published application
System and methods for providing online auctions with sweepstakes entries
AssigneePentech Solutions, Inc.
InventorMICHAEL D. RANDEL
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AssigneePentech Solutions, Inc.
InventorMICHAEL D. RANDEL
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A system for allowing a user to participate in a sweepstakes event via user computing devices is described herein. The system includes a database including a list of sweepstakes awards and a controller coupled to the database and a user computing device. The controller is configured to receive a request to purchase a bid unit for use in bidding on one or more auction items from the user via the user computing device, distribute at least one sweepstakes entry into a sweepstakes event to the user in response to the received request, select a sweepstakes award being associated with the at least one sweepstakes entry from the list of sweepstakes awards included in the database, and transmit an award notification message to the user that is indicative of the sweepstakes award.
A system for allowing a user to participate in a sweepstakes event via user computing devices, comprising:
A method of conducting an auction, including the steps of:
One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media, having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by at least one processor, the computer-executable instructions cause the processor to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.