Patent ID: 7653575

Claim:
A method for auction negotiation support, executed by a processing unit of a negotiation mediator module, performing negotiation and clearing procedures, comprising: detecting, by the processing unit, a negotiable collision set comprising a first and a second unclosed products/services, wherein the first and second unclosed products/services are distinct, the first unclosed product/service is contended for by a first and a second negotiator agent modules, the second unclosed product/service is contended for by the first and the second negotiator agent modules, the first negotiator agent module has a probability of winning the first or second product/service, the second negotiator agent module has the probability of winning the first or second unclosed product/service, and the first and second negotiator agent modules have the same probability; and generating, by the processing unit, a suggestion for winning probability exchanges between the first and second negotiator agent modules contingent upon preference levels associated with the first and second unclosed products/services configured by the first and second negotiator agent modules, the generated suggestion comprising information regarding that the first negotiator agent module has exchanged a second winning probability for the second unclosed product/service with a first winning probability for the first unclosed product/service owned by the second negotiator agent module; wherein the generating step further comprises: providing a first preference level for the first unclosed product/service configured by the first negotiator agent module; providing a second preference level for the second unclosed product/service configured by the first negotiator agent module; providing a third preference level for the first unclosed product/service configured by the second negotiator agent module; providing a fourth preference level for the second unclosed product/service configured by the second negotiator agent module; and generating the suggestion for winning probability exchanges when the first preference level is higher than the second preference level and the fourth preference level is higher than the third preference level.