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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2005
Christian H. Borgs, Seattle, WA (US);
Jennifer T. Chayes, Seattle, WA (US);
David M. Chickering, Bellevue, WA (US);
Uriel M. Feige, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mohammad Mahdian, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christopher A. Meek, Kirkland, WA (US);
Amin Saberi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Christian H. Borgs, Seattle, WA (US);
Jennifer T. Chayes, Seattle, WA (US);
David M. Chickering, Bellevue, WA (US);
Uriel M. Feige, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mohammad Mahdian, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christopher A. Meek, Kirkland, WA (US);
Amin Saberi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented system that facilitates establishing price(s) associated with items comprises a clustering component that clusters a collection of non-identical items into one or more sets of non-identical items. A pricing component receives one or more of active bids and stored bids and simulates an auction of at least one non-identical item within one of the one or more sets of non-identical items as if the non-identical items within the set were identical to determine price(s) associated with the at least one non-identical item. For example, the items can be at least portions of search terms received by a search engine.