Patent ID: 7752075
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for scheduling delivery of an item to one of multiple customers, the computer-implemented method comprising: offering the item for delivery to multiple customers communicating with a network including a processing system; first receiving a first bid from a first one of the multiple customers via the network; accepting the first bid and communicating acceptance to the first customer; scheduling delivery of the item to the first customer in response to the first receiving; second receiving a second bid from a second one of the multiple customers via the network; determining a bid increment in conformity with a geographical location of the second customer; determining whether or not the second bid is a currently winning bid, by determining whether or not the second bid exceeds the bid increment; and in response to the second bid being a currently winning bid, re-scheduling delivery of the item to the second customer in response to the second receiving, and wherein a result of the re-scheduling is stored in a memory of the processing system.