Method, apparatus and system for advancing a bidder to a selected rank

US8660937B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• ARIBA, INC. · US

Inventors

• Daniel Abeshouse · Wilkinsburg, US
• Scott W. Atkinson · Pittsburgh, US
• David J. Becker · Dorpsstraat, US
• Sheila C. Halter · Pittsburgh, US
• Kimberly A. Harrigal · Pittsburgh, US
• Vincent F. Rago · Pittsburgh, US
• William D. Rupp · Mount Lebanon, US
• David M. Scoular · Pittsburgh, US
• Robert G. Stevens · Tokyo, JP
• Douglas R. Wagner · Monroe, US
• Robert B. Lang, Jr. · Glenshaw, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2012
• Grant date: Feb 25, 2014
• Expiry date: Dec 21, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/188
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques for determining a suggested bid value that surpasses a selected bid are disclosed. A user selectable facility is provided. In response to receiving a selection event associated with the user selectable facility: (1) the value of the selected bid, which is other than the first ranked bid value, is established; (2) the suggested bid value is calculated by applying a predetermined minimum differential value to the selected bid value; and (3) the suggested bid value is conveyed to a user.