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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Frederick Yung-fung Wu, Cos Cob, CT (US);
Inventor:
Frederick Yung-Fung Wu, Cos Cob, CT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A way to conduct complex transactions by auction efficiently and with a high degree of automation is provided by a methodology for conducting auctions in which bids contain multiple attributes, as opposed to a single attribute (price). Bidders are requested to specify values for each of a set of attributes, which can include transaction terms as well as product and/or service specifications. The bids are evaluated according to criteria that are functions of these attributes in order to reject losing bids and assist the auctioneer in selecting the winning bid(s).