Patent ID: 8108288

Claim:
A system comprising: a communication component that interacts with at least one entity; an account component that engages in a transaction with a non-bidding entity that is first in time to accept a bid directed to the non-bidding entity from a group of at least two related bids on at least two goods or services or both from a plurality of bidding entities, the account component having a resource base specifying an amount of money for the goods or a designated amount of time for performing the services; a calculation component that accepts or rejects a counter-bid without consulting the bidding entity based at least in part on an artificial intelligence that allows the account component to automatically accept the bid that is first in time, the artificial intelligence relying on inferences based in part upon training on Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) based at least in part on a purchaser's previous actions, commands, or instructions during use of the account component; the account component configured to engage in another transaction with another non-bidding entity that is subsequent to the bid that is first in time, the account component further configured to accept another bid of the another transaction without draining the resource base; a stoppage component that prevents engagement of the subsequent transaction related to the engaged transaction once the non-bidding entity accepts the bid directed to the non-bidding entity; and the account component further configured to override the prevented engagement of the subsequent bid, if acceptance of the bid occurred, a notification of the engaged transaction has been sent to the purchaser, and the purchaser placed a new bid with an additional non-bidding entity.