US 12,217,304 B2
Non-transitory computer readable storage medium, system, and method of auction management
Adam Hilliard, Carmel, IN (US); and Jeff Hendershot, Carmel, IN (US)
Assigned to IAA Holdings, LLC, Lincoln, NE (US)
Filed by IAA Holdings, LLC, Lincoln, NE (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/822,910.
Application 17/822,910 is a continuation of application No. 17/073,650, filed on Oct. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,430,054.
Application 17/073,650 is a continuation of application No. 15/822,639, filed on Nov. 27, 2017, granted, now 10,810,659, issued on Oct. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/426,826, filed on Nov. 28, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0419395 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06F 16/735 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0273 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 30/08 (2012.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)
CPC G06Q 30/08 (2013.01) [G06F 16/735 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0275 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0605 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0643 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An auction management system comprising:
a network interface configured to receive a plurality of data feeds from a respective plurality of live online auction sites, each related to a live auction occurring at a discretion of a live auctioneer at the respective auction site;
a display screen configured to partition a display area into a plurality of display sections, each display section corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of auction sites, and each displaying respective auction information for each of the respective auction sites; and
a processor configured to:
display auction information for each of the plurality of auction sites from the respective plurality of data feeds, including a bid option for each of the respective auction sites;
display second auction information included in the second data feed in the second display section at a first time, the second display section including a second bid option, the second auction information automatically moving to the first display section at a second time and the first auction information automatically moving to the second display section at the second time;
receive, for at least one of the auction sites, a respective bid input corresponding to the at least one auction site bid option; and
transmit the bid input to the respective auction site.