Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Finance
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-06
2006-06-06
Rosen, Nicholas D. (Department: 3625)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Finance
Reexamination Certificate
active
07058602
ABSTRACT:
An auction system and method for suitable use with online transactions which provide a plurality of enhanced auctions is disclosed. The present invention extends, augments or otherwise enhances various auction elements including, for example, the selection of participants, the grouping of participants, the moves made by participants, the bidding process of participants, the information revelation process, the auction closing process, and the auction clearing process, among others. In addition, enhanced auction modules may be used separately or together during the auction process.
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La Mura Pierfrancesco
Shoham Yoav
Tennenholtz Moshe
Fenwick & West LLP
Luckysurf.com, Inc.
Rosen Nicholas D.
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