Patent ID: 7542920
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for an interactive, computer-assisted on-line auction using a computer with a display, comprising: means for causing said display to display a plurality of independently moving graphical arrays so that all independently moving graphical arrays of the plurality of independently moving graphical arrays are displayed together on said display, each independently moving graphical array of the plurality of independently moving graphical arrays including a plurality of objects from a category for auction, wherein each object of any one independently moving graphical array of the plurality of independently moving graphical arrays is individually selectable for monitoring and bidding; means for displaying on said display a plurality of sets of array control buttons for controlling the movement of the independently moving graphical arrays of the plurality of independently moving graphical arrays, each respective set of array control buttons being associated with a different independently moving graphical array of the plurality of independently moving graphical arrays; personalized auction monitor for personalized auction monitoring of objects from the plurality of independently moving graphical arrays that have been selected for monitoring and bidding by a bidder, wherein the personalized auction monitor is periodically and automatically updated with new status information at user programmable intervals; means for displaying the selected objects for monitoring all together; bid submitter for submitting a bid online for any one of the monitored objects; and means for automatically dropping from the personalized auction monitor the objects that have been selected for monitoring and bidding by the bidder in response to preprogrammed at least one event, wherein the at least one event comprises a first event, the first event causing a selected object to be dropped from the personalized auction monitor in response to a bid for the selected object going beyond a predetermined price.