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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2011
Applicants:
Joel C. Hegg, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter C. Beckman, Falls Church, VA (US);
Jeremy T. Hall, Sterling, VA (US);
Inventors:
Joel C. Hegg, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter C. Beckman, Falls Church, VA (US);
Jeremy T. Hall, Sterling, VA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods involve managing exhaustible electronic resources, such as IPv4 addresses. A spot market for the electronic resources is operated to enable users to obtain units of the electronic resources. Potential users may provide pricing criteria. When a spot price for units of the electronic resources satisfies the pricing criteria for a potential user, the potential user may be given access to a requested number of units of the electronic resources.