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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Melissa Cefkin, San Jose, CA (US);
Tobin J. Lehman, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Yolanda A. Rankin, San Jose, CA (US);
H. Raymond Strong, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments relate to multi-dimensional surface-based bid matching. An aspect includes receiving a bid from a first user, the bid comprising a plurality of ranges, wherein each range of the plurality of ranges corresponds to a respective dimension of a plurality of dimensions. Another aspect includes determining a first bid surface in the plurality of dimensions based on the plurality of ranges of the bid of the first user. Another aspect includes modifying the first bid surface based on a match to the bid of the first user, the match comprising a point on a second bid surface corresponding to a bid from a second user. Another aspect includes wherein, if the first user comprises a work requester, the second user comprises a work producer, and if the first user comprises a work producer, the second user comprises a work requester.