Patent ID: 8577748

Claim:
A method for allocating items in a draft using a networked system, comprising the steps of: receiving information concerning a plurality of items from a seller of said plurality of items over a communications network, wherein each item has a date of use which is different from the date of use of every other item in said plurality of items; sending to a plurality of buyers over the communications network said information concerning said plurality of items, wherein said plurality of buyers are members of a group identified in the system that have each paid a fee for every item of said plurality of items allocated to said each buyer in the draft; and allocating after all buyers of the group have paid said fee at least one item of the plurality of items to each buyer of the plurality of buyers in accordance with one or more parameters set by at least one of the seller and the buyers, wherein the above step of allocating is carried out by a server containing machine readable instructions stored on a memory medium which, when executed by a processor, enable the server to carry out the above step of allocating.