Patent ID: 8902774

Claim:
A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising: computer code for receiving a plurality of bids from a plurality of users, where each of the plurality of bids is associated with telecommunications resources allotted to one of the plurality of users, the plurality of bids including: a first bid from a first user, wherein the first bid includes first telecommunications resources allotted to the first user, and a second bid from a second user, wherein the second bid includes second telecommunications resources allotted to the second user; computer code for determining one or more recipients from the plurality of users, including determining that the first user is included in the one or more recipients; and computer code for, in response to determining that the first user is included in the one or more recipients, distributing at least a portion of the telecommunications resources to the first user; wherein the computer program is operable such that when the second user is not included in the one or more recipients: the second user is prevented from performing one or more actions associated with the second telecommunications resources allotted to the second user and included in the second bid received from the second user, and at least a portion of the second telecommunications resources previously allotted to the second user, and included in the second bid received from the second user, is included in the at least a portion of the telecommunications resources distributed to the first user.