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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2005
Andrew V. Goldberg, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jason D. Hartline, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew K. Wright, Monroe Township, NJ (US);
Andrew V. Goldberg, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jason D. Hartline, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew K. Wright, Monroe Township, NJ (US);
Intertrust Technologies Corp., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Some of the embodiments provided herein disclose receiving a plurality of bids, each bid being submitted by a bidder, and each bid having a bid value; assigning a weighting factor to each bid, the weighting factor being based, at least in part, on the bid value; selecting a first bid from the plurality of bids, the first bid having been submitted by a first bidder; selecting a second bid from the plurality of bids, the second bid being selected in a manner that is dependent, at least in part, on the weighting factor assigned to the second bid; performing a comparison of the value of the first bid with the value of the second bid; using the results of the comparison to determine whether to vend a copy of the digital file to the first bidder; and sending a copy of the digital file to the first bidder.
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