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Electronic silent auction system and method

US7562034B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 1, 2004
Grant dateJul 14, 2009
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Expiry dateMar 4, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q40/04
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic silent auctioning system comprising a first local client, a second local client, and a local network device. The network device is operable to receive one or more unique bids on an item from each local client. The item is described in a central repository on the server for processing. The server is operable to determine a winning bid for the item based on predetermined criteria and communicate the received bids to a server.

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