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Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011

Filed:

Jul. 11, 2007
Applicant:

Reed Maltzman, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventor:

Reed Maltzman, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods are provided for a dual purchase process. The method includes enabling, via a first computer system, both an auction purchase process and a fixed-price purchase process for purchase of an item. In addition, responsive to receipt of a bid for the item, the method includes disabling the fixed-price purchase process.


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