Patent ID: 8401921
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for adding an on-line auction listing to a bid set from a client computer connected with a computer server system via the Internet, the method comprising: providing a computer adapted to run a computer software; providing a webpage form element on a display on the computer corresponding to an on-line auction listing thereby allowing a user to select from a plurality of options from the webpage form element; identifying the on-line auction listing by information provided by the webpage form element on the computer and displaying the identified on-line auction listing on the display; storing identifying information of the on-line auction listing into the bid set, the bid set comprising: identifying information of one or more online auction listings up for bid; and a number of listings desired to be won, the bid set being stored in a bid set database on the computer server system, wherein the identifying information is a listing identifier corresponding to each of the one or more online auction listings, wherein the identifying information is provided by a user interface element, wherein the bid set comprises more than one online auction listing; assigning a priority to each listing in the bid set database on the computer server system according to the priority; and running the computer software on the computer, the computer performing a task of: a) sorting, by way of the computer software, the more than one online auction listings according to the assigned priority; b) accessing, by way of the computer software, the online auction and bidding on the online auction listing assigned with the highest priority; c) determining, by way of the computer software, if the bid won the online auction; d) if the bid is won, determining, by way of the computer software, if a desired number of bids are won; e) if the bid is lost, increasing, by way of the computer software, a bidding price by a set amount, the increased bidding price being less than a maximum price a user is willing to pay.