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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2005
Andrew Karonis, Europort, GI;
Brendan Ross, Toronto, CA;
Shigeki Hirose, Sammamish, WA (US);
Dennis Denker, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Happy Kush, Venice, CA (US);
Adam Sussman, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Craig Mclane, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Sean Moriarty, Pasadena, CA (US);
Andrew Karonis, Europort, GI;
Brendan Ross, Toronto, CA;
Shigeki Hirose, Sammamish, WA (US);
Dennis Denker, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Happy Kush, Venice, CA (US);
Adam Sussman, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Craig Mclane, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Sean Moriarty, Pasadena, CA (US);
Ticketmaster, West Hollywood, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is related to electronically allocating finite or limited resources. In an embodiment, a computer system is configured to receive bids over a network from a first plurality of users for a limited number of units, the bids including associated bid amounts. A data store is operable to store the bid amounts. Program code is stored in computer readable memory and is configured to determine which bids are winning bids, determine a unit price for units associated with the winning bids, wherein the unit price associated with the winning bids is based on the lowest winning bid amount, and units can be tickets.