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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2009
Ervin Peretz, Redmond, WA (US);
Sasank Mudunuri, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ervin Peretz, Redmond, WA (US);
Sasank Mudunuri, San Francisco, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for proposing a value to a user includes mapping a plurality of factual cost values for an item type according to amount, each of the factual cost values reflecting an amount that won a bidding process for an item of the item type. The method includes identifying an inflection point in the mapping that represents a first factual cost value. The method includes outputting a proposed value for the bidding process to a user, the proposed value generated using the first factual cost value. The method can be implemented using a computer program product.