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G06F 17/00 (2006.01) G06F 7/38 (2006.01) G06F 17/60 (2000.01)

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CA 2462109

A two phase auction for an item includes a first phase in which an asking price for the item decreases at predetermined intervals when the auction is a seller's auction and increases at predetermined intervals when the auction is a buyer's auction, and a second phase after the first phase wherein the asking price starts at a level equal to a first bid placed by a first bidder during the first phase and periodically increases when the auction is a seller's auction and decreases at predetermined intervals when the auction is a buyer's auction until no additional bids are received from the first bidder and/or additional bidders, the auctioned item being awarded to a last bidder in the second phase.

L'invention concerne une vente aux enchères d'articles en deux étapes. Lors de la première étape, le prix demandé pour l'article diminue à intervalles prédéterminés si la ventes aux enchères est une vente de vendeur, et augmente à intervalles prédéterminés si la vente aux enchères est une vente d'acheteur. Lors de la deuxième étape, le prix demandé débute à un niveau égal à une première offre faite par un premier enchérisseur lors de la première étape, augmente périodiquement lorsque la vente aux enchères est une vente de vendeur, et diminue à intervalles prédéterminés lorsque la vente aux enchères est une vente d'acheteur, jusqu'à ce que les offres supplémentaires du premier enchérisseur et/ou d'enchérisseurs supplémentaires s'arrêtent, l'objet mis aux enchères étant adjugé au dernier enchérisseur de la deuxième étape.

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