Multi-auction user interface
AssigneeManheim Investments, Inc.
InventorsBob Schoen, Tom Davis, Gordon Warren, Joe Luppino
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Abstract
In a real-time auction user interface display, the user may select to participate in multiple auctions simultaneously in which case the user interface divides the display screen into different areas and displays information about an ongoing auction in each of the different display areas. The user may select which auction to display in which display area. Each of the auction display areas are updated independently based on information provided by multiple disparately-located auctions.
Claims15
Using a computer network based auctioning system, a method of allowing a user to participate in multiple remotely located auctions simultaneously comprising:
- sending a user a list of live auctions for display on a user's computer comprising a processor, a display and at least one input device,
- enabling the user to select, with said at least one input device and said user's computer, one or more auctions to participate in from the list of auctions;
- receiving the user's selection from said user's computer over the computer network;
- when the received user selection selects only one auction to participate in, sending, to the user's computer over the computer network, information to support the user's computer launching a single auction view user interlace for display of auction related data and sending, to the user's computer over the computer network, a live video feed for said single selected auction;
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- when the received user selection selects more than one auction to participate in simultaneously, sending, to the user's computer over the computer network, information to support the user's computer launching a multi-auction display user interface web page for display of live video feeds from multiple auctions within different panes of said multi-auction display user interlace web page, and sending and routing, to the user's computer over the computer network, a first live video feed from a first live auction and also simultaneously sending and routing, to the user's computer over the computer network, a second live video feed from a geographically-disparate second live auction different from said first live auction, including adjusting, at least in part in response to receipt of signals indicating the user has currently selected one of said first and second simultaneously-proceeding live auctions, the video frame rate delivered to the user's computer for at least one of said first and second live video feeds corresponding to the currently-selected one of said first and second simultaneously proceeding live auctions, to provide a higher video frame rate for the auction the user has currently selected while accommodating bandwidth requirements.
A server coupled to a computer network, said server allowing a user to simultaneously participate in multiple remotely located auctions by simultaneously monitoring each of said multiple remotely located auctions over the computer network, said server comprising:
- a processor coupled to said computer network, said processor receiving data from a computing device associated with the user and connected to the computer network, said received data indicating user selection of one or more auctions to participate in from a list of auctions;
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- a data router and transmitter coupled to said processor, said data router and transmitter sending, to the computing device associated with the user over the computer network, information to support the user launching a single auction view user interface and displaying auction related data including a live video feed from said single auction therein when the user selects only one auction to participate in, said data router and transmitter sending, to the computing device associated with the user over the computer network, user information to support the user launching a multi-auction display user interlace web page and displaying live video feeds from multiple auctions within corresponding multiple panes of said web page when the user selects plural auctions to participate in simultaneously, said data router and transmitter including a router that routes to the computing device associated with the user over the computer network, a first live video feed from a first live auction and also simultaneously routes to the user a second live video feed from a second live auction different from said first live auction, said router automatically adjusting the transmission rate of at least one of said first and second live video feeds to enable faster live auction video transmission for display within a user-selected one of said multiple auction panes in response to user selection of said pane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.