Patent ID: 8543483
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for an auction comprising: establishing an auction system which is accessible via a network, and performs an auction for a plurality of items including a first item and a second item which is different than said first item; generating a web page including a user interface for entering a plurality of bids in said auction, said user interface displaying: receiving a plurality of bids which are added by a bidder using the user interface, the received plurality of bids including a bid for said first item and a bid for said second item, and receiving a plurality of conditions which are added by a bidder using said user interface, the received plurality of conditions including a condition associated with said first item, a condition associated with said second item, and a condition associated with a set of items including said first item and said second item; displaying the received plurality of bids in the bid table and displaying the received plurality of conditions in the plurality of areas for displaying the plurality of conditions on the user interface; generating by way of a programmed computer a plurality of proposals for said bidder, a proposal in said plurality of proposals comprising a set of bids in said received plurality of bids that satisfies said received plurality of conditions; formulating, by the programmed computer, a winner determination problem as an integer program, and solving said integer program to determine whether said generated plurality of proposals are included in a winning solution to said integer program, and displaying on an other user interface a table identifying the generated plurality of proposals and indicating whether said generated plurality of proposals are rejected by the bidder; and displaying a status of the received plurality of bids in the bid table based on a result of the solving of the integer program, wherein the received plurality of conditions comprises a first condition and a second condition which is different from the first condition, and the plurality of items comprises plural sets of items including a first set of items subject to the first condition and a second set of items which is different from the first set of items and is subject to the second condition, and wherein the plurality of conditions characterizes combinations of bids from the bidder for desired items within the auction system.