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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2003
Kemal Guler, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hsiu-khuern Tang, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Bin Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);
Kemal Guler, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hsiu-Khuern Tang, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Bin Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and associated apparatus comprise, among other features, organizing previously acquired auction data into a plurality of sub-samples, each sub-sample comprising bid data associated with auctions having a common number of bidders, applying an inverse bid function to at least two sub-samples, pooling results from applying the inverse bid function to form a first pool, applying a direct bid function on the first pool to generate sample bids, matching bids from at least one sub-sample to the sample bids, and pooling results from the matching with the first pool to form a second pool.