Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Electronic shopping
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-26
2011-07-26
Patel, Jagdish N (Department: 3693)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Electronic shopping
C705S035000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07987117
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a system and method for providing a real estate auction system. In architecture, the system includes a server device on a network comprising a mechanism for posting a real estate property for auction, a mechanism for acquiring a plurality of data items describing the real estate property for auction from a seller remote device, a mechanism or making the real estate property available at auction to a bidder remote device; and a mechanism for accepting a bid on the real estate property for auction from at least one potential buyer for a predetermined period. The present invention can also be viewed as a method for providing a real estate auction. The method operates by (1) posting a real estate property for auction; (2) acquiring a plurality of data items describing the real estate property for auction; (3) making the real estate property available at auction; and (4) accepting a bid on the real estate property for auction from at least one potential buyer for a predetermined period.
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Ames Donna
Fisher Tony
Mozley Mark
Pelfrey Bill
Pelfrey Jennifer
Chandler Sara
Patel Jagdish N
Thomas Kayden Horstemeyer & Risley LLP
zugbugauctions.com, LLC
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