Abstract: An auctioning method is conducted using an interactive auction host system. The method includes providing access for auction participants to a live auction for one or more auctioned lots of products or services that is conducted and overseen by an auction administrator at an auction host location. At least some of the access to the live auction is provided to remote auction participants through an auction host system of the auction host system. Data is transmitted substantially in real time from the auction host system, which may include auction-related data and at least one of video and audio feeds of the live auction through a network to one or more remote auction participants located at a remote participant interface. Information provided from the remote auction participants through the remote participant interface is provided and received by auction host system. At least one of various other actions are performed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 22, 2015
Date of Patent:
July 10, 2018
Assignee:
HERITAGE CAPITAL CORP.
Inventors:
Brian Carpenter, Jim Halperin, Matt Jackson, Paul Minshull, Brian Shipman, Ryan Sokol, Michael Weems
Abstract: An auctioning method is conducted using an interactive auction host system. The method includes providing access for auction participants to a live auction for one or more auctioned lots of products or services that is conducted and overseen by an auction administrator at an auction host location. At least some of the access to the live auction is provided to remote auction participants through an auction host system of the auction host system. Data is transmitted substantially in real time from the auction host system, which may include auction-related data and at least one of video and audio feeds of the live auction through a network to one or more remote auction participants located at a remote participant interface. Information provided from the remote auction participants through the remote participant interface is provided and received by auction host system. At least one of various other actions are performed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 21, 2010
Date of Patent:
June 23, 2015
Assignee:
HERITAGE CAPITAL CORP.
Inventors:
Brian Carpenter, Jim Halperin, Matt Jackson, Paul Minshull, Brian Shipman, Ryan Sokol, Michael Weems