Patent №
US 9,953,365
Granted
2018-04-24
Filed 2014
Owner
AUCTION.COM, LLC
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Lab
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AI components
1
ml
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
14216962
A method and system for auctioning an item over a network inside a virtual auction forum populated by graphical representations of users is described. Virtual profiles containing graphical representations are associated with each of the users of an auction forum, and the auction for the item is virtualized. The users of the auction forum participate as bidders in the virtual auction with their graphical representations, and some events in the virtual auction are represented through the users' graphical representations.
AI classification
Ownership
AUCTION.COM, LLC
assignment · 329920216
TEN-X, LLC
namechg · 395500319
Assignors
FRIEDMAN, ROBERT
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.