| US 7,457,769 B2 | ||
| Methods and apparatus for an auction system with interactive bidding | ||
| William Goren, Arlington, Mass. (US); Joshua Kanner, Cambridge, Mass. (US); Olga Raskina, Cambridge, Mass. (US); and Rina Scheur, Lexington, Mass. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Emptoris, Inc., Burlington, Mass. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 26, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/831,969. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0240507 A1, Oct. 27, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 705—26 [705/37] | 42 Claims |
| 1. A computer-implemented method to assist prospective suppliers with responding to an issued requisition over a computer
network, said method comprising:
receiving, from at least one prospective supplier, a plurality of bids consisting of bids selected from the group consisting
of bundled bids, business volume discounts, and volume discount bids responsive to the requisition;
determining at least one initial winning bid selected from the received bids that at least partially satisfies the requisition;
determining by a computer at least one proposed bid using the received plurality of bids, the at least one proposed bid including
non-price criteria differing from the non-price criteria in the at least one initial winning bid that, if adopted, would constitute
a new winning bid; and
making the at least one proposed bid available to at least one prospective supplier other than a supplier from which an initial
winning bid was received.
|