Patent ID: 9659328
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A method comprising: communicating, by at least one processor, information on an item to a device via a network; detecting, by the at least one processor, a selection of a button on the device; in response to detecting the selection of the button on the device, establishing, by the at least one processor, a connection between the device and another electronic device; determining, by the at least one processor, whether a location of the device is within an area approved for submitting one or more bids and/or offers for an item using at least one of geo-fencing, global positioning satellite technology, triangulation, a geographic map, and a sensor positioned on the device; and based at least in part on determining that the location of the device is within an approved area, enabling, by the at least one processor, the device to submit one or more bids and/or offers for the item.