Patent ID: 7870068

Claim:
A system participating in an auction and paying with a money order that is backed by a third party, the system comprising: a server configured to conduct an Internet-based auction via a web site, said server further configured to cause to be displayed, via said web site, a money order request selection selectable by a bidder that participated in an auction conducted via said web site; and a money order sub-system that is accessed via said web site upon selection by the bidder of said money order request selection, said money order sub-system configured for processing a money order request, said processing comprising: requesting funds for a money order transaction upon receipt of a money order request; upon confirmation of receipt of the requested funds, instructing a money order dispensing apparatus to print a money order that is backed by someone other than the bidder; and confirming to the bidder that the money order request has been fulfilled with an automatically-generated electronic message.