Patent ID: 8589249
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium that, when executing on one or more computing devices, performs the steps of: accessing a plurality of bids scheduled to execute from a bidding proxy over a predetermined time period, each having a bid time and a bid amount, at least two of the plurality of bids having an identical bid time; calculating an offset for one of the plurality of bids having the identical bid time so that the number of bids at the identical bid time is below a predetermined threshold, thereby providing a second plurality of bids below the predetermined threshold at the identical bid time; staggering the second plurality of bids according to a stagger to occur at a range of time increments around the identical bid time, thereby providing an adjusted bidding schedule within the predetermined time period for the plurality of bids, the adjusted bidding schedule providing adjusted bid times with at least one offset and at least one stagger for the plurality of bids; and executing the plurality of bids at the adjusted bid times.