Patent ID: 9495702
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method for updating an auction monitor display with graphic data change indicators, the method comprising: capturing a first set of variables that pertains to an online auction having a plurality of online auction participants at a first time via a distributed computer network; automatically adjusting a dynamically adjustable temporal duration between capturing two consecutive sets of variables based in part or in whole upon one or more criteria; capturing a second set of variables comprising at least one changed variable at a second time that is determined based at least in part upon the dynamically adjustable temporal duration and the first time; identifying one or more differences greater than a specified threshold between the first set and the second set of variables at least by comparing the second set of variables to the first set of variables; identifying, at a threshold module stored at least partially in memory of and functioning in conjunction with a computing system, one or more selected variables corresponding to the one or more differences from the first set and the second set of variables for emphasis by using at least the specified threshold to reduce usage of one or more computing resources of the computing system; identifying, for the one or more selected variables, one or more graphic data change indicators that indicate a direction of change of the one or more selected variables; determining, for the one or more selected variables, a manner of emphasis for one or more graphic data change indicators; and displaying, using the auction monitor display, at least the one or more selected variables in conjunction with the one or more graphic data change indicators.