Patent ID: 9734640
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G01C,G06F,G06Q,G07C,H04W

Claim:
1. An electronic device, comprising: a processor; a user interface coupled to the processor; and memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to: receive, over a wireless connection to the Internet, an auction notification for an online auction; display, via the user interface to a user of a vehicle, the auction notification for the online auction that includes a selectable option to place a bid on the online auction over the wireless connection to the Internet, wherein the selectable option includes a bid increment for the online auction; receiving, over a wireless communication connection, speed information received from a speedometer sensor coupled to the vehicle; determine, based on the received speed information, a speed of the vehicle; dynamically alter the bid increment based on the speed of the vehicle, wherein dynamically altering the bid increment includes one or more of: increasing the bid increment in response to the speed of the vehicle increasing, and decreasing the bid increment in response to the speed of the vehicle decreasing; and display, via the user interface, a revised selectable option to place a bid on the online auction over the wireless connection to the Internet, the revised selectable option including the altered bid increment.