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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2009
Jalal Besharati, Plantation, FL (US);
Ankur Aggarwal, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jalal Besharati, Plantation, FL (US);
Ankur Aggarwal, Redwood City, CA (US);
Research In Motion Limited, , CA;
Abstract
According to embodiments described in the specification, a method, system and apparatus for managing a bid tracking database are provided. The method comprises receiving at least one bid record at an interface, the at least one bid record comprising a bid price, a bid timestamp and a bid item identifier; receiving at least one auction record at the interface, the at least one auction record comprising a winning price, an end timestamp and an auction item identifier corresponding to the bid item identifier; maintaining the at least one bid record and the at least one auction record in a memory; determining whether the bid price matches or exceeds the winning price and whether the bid timestamp matches the end timestamp; and, when the determination is affirmative, writing the bid record to the bid tracking database maintained in the memory.