Patent AU-2011101693-A4 (AU)
Title: A method and system for allowing a user to make a plurality of offers to a plurality of advertisers
Inventor: RENZI JOSEPH
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2011-12-22
Granted: 2012-02-02
Abstract: (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau a iiiiii1111111111111111 11111111 I11l1l ii I II 11111111111 1111III i~l~1111111 liii1111111111 (43) International Publication Date (10) International Publication Number 2 February 2006 (02.02.2006) W O 2006/010199 Al (51) International Patent Classification': G06F 17/60 GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IS, I, KE, KG, KM, KP, KR, KZ, LC, LK, LR, LS, LT, LU LV, MA, (21) International Application Number: MffD, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, PCT/AU2005/001049 OM, PG, PH, PL, PT, RO, RU, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, (22) International Filing Date: 15 July 2005 (15.07.2005) SM, SY, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ. UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, YU, ZA, ZM, ZW. (25) Filing Language: English (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated for every (26) PublicationLanguage: English kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LS, MW, MZ, NA, SD, SL, SZ, 1Z, UG, ZM, (30) Priority Data: ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, MD, RU, TI, TM), 2004904289 30 July 2004 (30.07.2004) AU European (AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE DK, EE, ES. FL FR, GB, GR, HU, IE. IS. [T, LT, LU, LV, MC. NL, PL, F', (71) Applicant and RO, SE, SI, SK, TR), OAP! (BF, B. CE COG, Cl, CM, GA, (72) Inventor: RENZI, Joseph LAU/AUI; 4 Princes Street, GN, GQ, GW, ML, MR, NE, SN. TD, TG). Bexley, NSW 2207 (AU). Declaration under Rule 4.17: (74) Agent: SHELSTON IP; 60 Margaret Street, Sydney, - ofinventorship (Rule 4.17(iv))for US only NSW 2000 (AU Published: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every with international search report kind of national protection available): AL, AG, AL, AM, Fortwo-lettercodes and other abbreviations, refer to the "Guid AT, AU. AZ, BA, BB, BG, BR, BW, BY. BZ CA, CH, CN, anceNoteson Codes andAbbreviations" appearing at the begin CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, ning of each regular issue of the PCT Gazette. (54)Title: A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOWING A USERTOMAKEA PLURALITY OF OFFERS TOAPLURALITY OF ADVERTISERS (57) Abstract: An electronic trading system (100) for al -113 - lowing a user (101) to make a plurality of offers (102) to - a plurality of advertisers (103, 104), each offer being for "1o an advertised item (105, 106). The system (100) includes a - 2 memory device for storing information related to the offers '0 (102). A processor, in the form of an Offer Management System (OMS) (107), is disposed in communication with 1the memory device, the OMS being confirmed to: receive i from the user the offers (108, 109) for each advertisers'item \ (105,106); transmit data (110, 111) indicative of the offers 107 (108, 109) to the related advertisers (103, 104); receive from one of the advertisers (103) data indicative of the acceptance - -of the offer (112); and retract the remaining offer (109) such that only one of the offers (108, 109) is accepted. - ~~122 / K 1 1 Lil -104-- 103 lie