Patent ID: 7047210
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of auctioning products on a computer network the method comprising: placing a first sale product identifier indicative of a first product for sale by a first seller on a first auction site which is hosted on the computer network by a first auction site host for a first auctioneer; placing a second sale product identifier indicative of a second product for sale by a second seller on a second auction site which is hosted on the computer network by a second auction site host for a second auctioneer; placing a desired product identifier indicative of a product desired by a buyer on a scan site which is hosted on the computer network by a scan site host for a third auctioneer; monitoring the auction sites with the scan site using electronic data interchange messaging in order to compare the desired product identifier on the scan site with the sale product identifiers on the auction sites; determining from the comparison between the desired product identifier and the sale product identifiers whether the product desired by the buyer is for sale on any of the auction sites by any of the sellers; and monitoring the scan site with the auction sites using electronic data interchange messaging to compare the sale product identifiers on the auction sites with the desired product identifier placed on the scan site in order to enable the sellers to determine the products for sale that are desired by the buyers.