Patent ID: 6871190
Filing Date: 2005-03-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An interactive computer system for conducting auctions over an open communications network comprising: (a) a number of remote seller sites; and (b) a number of remote bidder sites interconnected with the number of remote seller sites; (c) one of the remote bidder sites comprising: (1) locate one or more remote seller sites on the network; (2) move away from the remote bidder site and execute at one or more located remote seller sites to determine if merchandise details of merchandise for auction at each of the one or more located remote seller sites match criteria from the input data for the desired merchandise that the bidder desires to acquire; (3) retrieve auction details regarding details of an auction far the merchandise from the one or more located remote seller sites if the criteria matches the merchandise details; and (4) implement the generated bidding strategy during the auction at one or more of the located remote seller sites where the criteria matches the merchandise details; and (d) one of the remote seller sites comprising: