Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for an auction of multiple types of items
- Patent Title (中): 多种类型物品拍卖的系统和方法
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Application No.: US10467868Application Date: 2002-05-31
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Publication No.: US07899734B2Publication Date: 2011-03-01
- Inventor: Lawrence M. Ausubel , Peter C. Cramton , Wynne P. Jones
- Applicant: Lawrence M. Ausubel , Peter C. Cramton , Wynne P. Jones
- Agency: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
- International Application: PCT/US02/16937 WO 20020531
- International Announcement: WO02/097582 WO 20021205
- Main IPC: G06Q40/00
- IPC: G06Q40/00

Abstract:
An improved system and method for a computer-implemented auction in which multiple types of items are auctioned together without imposing a particular division of supply or demand among the individual types of items. In some embodiments the auction of the present invention provides a means or method for establishing prices for the types of items, wherein the prices maintain a relationship. In other embodiments, the present invention provides a means or method for implying prices from price parameters in the bids received form bidders, based on a relation among the prices for the types of items. Market clearing may be defined by the condition that the aggregate quantity bid for all types of items is less than or equal to the available quantity of all types of items. The division among the types of items within is thus determined flexibly, based on the bids at the associated prices. In other embodiments, market clearing is defined by the condition that the quantity bid for one selected type of item is less than or equal to the available quantity of the selected type of item. The quantities of the other types of items are thus determined flexibly, based on the bids at the associated prices.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050102215A1 System and method for an auction of multiple types of items Public/Granted day:2005-05-12
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