Patent ID: 7818243
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, by a computer, bids for one or more items from a plurality of buyer computer systems; receiving, by the computer, asks for one or more items from a plurality of seller computer systems; generating, by the computer, a plurality of strikes representing a strike between a bid and an ask for an item, wherein the plurality of strikes specify values for a plurality of strike variables; determining, by the computer, a first value specified in one of the plurality of strikes for a first strike variable; determining, by the computer, a second value specified in one of the plurality of strikes for a second strike variable; determining, by the computer, a third value specified in one of the plurality of strikes for a third strike variable; determining, by the computer, a fourth value specified in one of the plurality of strikes for a fourth strike variable; and communicating, by the computer, the determined values for the plurality of strike variables for the item to the buyer and seller computer system.