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US 8,788,401 B2Granted
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.
Claims9
A computer-based method for adding an on-line auction listing to a bid set via the Internet, the method comprising:
- providing a webpage on a display on a computer adapted to run a computer software, the webpage on the display corresponding to an online auction listing;
- identifying the online auction listing by information provided by the webpage on the computer and displaying the identified online auction listing on the display;
- adding a bid listing to a bid set, the bid set comprising identifying information of one or more comparable online auction listings up for bid;
- specifying a number of online auction listings to be won, wherein the number of online auction listings to be won is less than a total number of bid listings in the bid set;
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- running the computer software on the computer, the computer performing the task of:
- a) accessing, by way of the computer software, the online auction and bidding on a first online auction listing of the bid set;
- b) determining, by way of the computer software, if the bid won the online auction;
- c) if the bid is lost, repeating steps a) and b) by bidding on a second online auction listing of the bid set;
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- d) repeating steps a) to c) until a number of bids won is equal to the number of online auction listings to be won.
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