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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2010
Mark Seymour, Harrisburg, NC (US);
Tim Pienta, Charlotte, NC (US);
Mark Seymour, Harrisburg, NC (US);
Tim Pienta, Charlotte, NC (US);
Zero, LLC, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
An online auction and method of conducting an online auction accessible over a communications network includes the step of providing a computer programmed to host the auction, the computer being accessible to a user through the communications network and adapted to provide a user interface to allow the user to bid on or sell an item on the auction. The method also including the steps of providing instructions to the computer through the user interface, the instructions providing parameters for the auction being conducted; and displaying the item for sale on the user interface with an initial sale price and prompting a bidder to bid on the item. The method further including the steps of allowing the bidder to bid on the item through the communications network, wherein in response to a bid by the bidder, the computer reduces the initial sale price by the bid value and displays a new sale price on the user interface; and using the computer to determine a winning bidder and shipping the item to the winning bidder.
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