System and method for receiving a bid

US8374948B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• eBay Inc. · US

Inventors

• Alan S. Fisher · Pleasanton, US
• Samuel Jerrold Kaplan · Hillsborough, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2007
• Grant date: Feb 12, 2013
• Expiry date: May 26, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/02
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic auction system may include a bid validator connected between a network, a bid database and a merchandise catalog page. The example bid validator may receive over the network, bid information via an electronic mail message and further bid information via a web-based bid form. The example bid validator may validate the bid information and the further bid information before placing a bid and a further bid respectively into the bid database. The example bid validator may then update the web-based merchandise catalog page based on the bid and the further bid.