Cariocas, Inc.

Luckysurf.com, Inc.

Pierfrancesco La Mura

Yoav Shoham

Moshe Tennenholtz

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.

Enhanced auction mechanism for online transactions

A method of providing interactive online communication through a network comprising creating a population from a plurality of network participants in which the said participants are operatively coupled to participate in a game, then selecting a sub-population from the population based upon some pre-selected criteria, inviting the population to said game and receiving a confirmation from said sub-population.

Enhanced online game mechanisms

An enhanced system and method for carrying out online transactions and auctions using a &ldquo;shopping games&rdquo; mechanism module is disclosed. The shopping games system provides for a mechanism scheme allowing &ldquo;game moves&rdquo; as well as bidding and message exchanging moves. The participants of the system may engage in game play in conjunction with an auction process, wherein the game play affects the auction process to provide a entertaining and amusing environment for participants to carry out online transactions without limiting the participants to traditional auction &ldquo;moves&rdquo;.

System and method for enhanced online transactions using shopping games

An enhanced system and method for carrying out online transactions and auctions using a &ldquo;shopping games&rdquo; mechanism module is disclosed. The shopping games system provides for a mechanism scheme allowing &ldquo;game moves&rdquo; as well as bidding and message exchanging moves. The participants of the system may engage in game play in conjunction with an auction process to provide an entertaining and amusing environment for participants to carry out online transactions without limiting the participants to traditional auction &ldquo;moves&rdquo;.

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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Pierfrancesco La Mura