Patent ID: 7664677

Claim:
A method for enabling a remote bidder to actively participate in and monitor multiple simultaneous auctioning events using a single bidding device with a display, the method comprising the steps of: displaying on the display of the bidding device an active bidding window associated with a first auctioning event, the active bidding window displaying information at a first level of detail pertinent to the first auctioning event and including a bidding actuator; displaying on the display of the bidding device a first docked bidding window associated with a second auctioning event, the first docked bidding window displaying information at a second level of detail pertinent to the second auctioning event and including a bidding actuator, wherein the information at a second level of detail is a subset of a first level of information detail of the second auctioning event; receiving an actuation of the active bidding window bidding actuator and the bidding device forwarding a signal to a bid processing system managing the first auctioning event; receiving status information from the bid processing system managing the first auctioning event and displaying the status information in the active bidding window; receiving an actuation of the first docked bidding window bidding actuator and the bidding device forwarding a signal to a bid processing system managing the second auctioning event; and receiving status information from the bid processing system managing the second auctioning event and displaying the status information in the first docked bidding window.