System and method for creating a customer account

US8386366B2 · 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 26, 2013
• Expiry date: Jan 31, 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 and a customer database. The example bid validator may receive bid information from a customer over the network. The example bid validator may use the bid information to detect whether the customer database includes a customer record for the customer. If no customer record is found in the customer database, the example bid validator may initiate creation of a new customer record and place it in the customer database.