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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2003
Introducing a fixed-price transaction mechanism in conjunction with an auction transaction mechanism
Applicants:
Brian Grove, San Jose, CA (US);
Zak Edson, Campbell, CA (US);
Steve Grove, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew Leigh Sandler, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Grove, San Jose, CA (US);
Zak Edson, Campbell, CA (US);
Steve Grove, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew Leigh Sandler, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An auction price-setting method to present an auction price-setting process and a fixed price process to provide a fixed price offer for an item and to publish the fixed price offer on a listing based on a criterion.