JP2004529399A5

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Publication number: JP2004529399A5
Application number: JP2002533196A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2001-10-05
Publication date: 2005-04-07

Claims

To perform the auction composite material with respect to bidders, the step of defining the number of levels of the sub-assembly constituting the at least one composite material,
Based on the relationship between each composite material and its sub-assemblies, each composite material and a step of building a hierarchy of the sub-assembly,
Method with, for managing the composite material structure of the auction in a distributed computing environment.

Allowing a bidder to access the hierarchy of each composite item and its subassemblies on the server computer and view the relationship between each composite item and its subassemblies;
Receiving from the bidder a competitive bid for each composite item and its subassemblies;
Selecting at least one successful bid for each composite item and its sub-assemblies;
The method of claim 1, further comprising:

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of defining at least one composite item and its subassemblies further comprises inputting descriptive information about each item and subassembly.

The step of building a hierarchy of each composite item and its subassemblies includes:
Identifying a first composite item and making it the first parent;
Identifying the first parent subassembly, if any, as a first level descendant;
Identifying any first level descendant sub-assemblies as second level descendants;
Identifying another sub-assembly of the first parent, if any, to be a sibling of the first level descendant;
Repeating each of the above steps until all composite items and subassemblies are identified;
The method of claim 2 comprising:

Each of the identifying steps uses an outline format in which each descendant level is indicated by an indentation level and presents the relationship between each composite item and its subassemblies by presenting each descendant level. 4. The method according to 4.

The step of building a hierarchy of each composite item and its subassemblies further comprises:
Comparing each item and its subassemblies with their descendants;
If the descendant is identical to its ancestor, deleting the descendant from the hierarchy;
The method of claim 4, comprising:

Said step of allowing a bidder to access the hierarchical structure of each composite item and its subassemblies:
Presenting the hierarchy of each composite item and its subassemblies to the bidder to indicate the relationship between each composite item and its subassemblies;
Receiving a bid for the composite item and its sub-assemblies from the bidder;
Displaying the remaining bid time and bid status;
The method of claim 2 comprising:

The step of accepting the competitive bidding comprises:
Receiving a bid quantity;
Accepting the bid amount,
The method of claim 2 comprising:

The step of selecting the winning bidder further comprises:
Calculating the bid amount from each winning bidder in each sub-assembly;
Calculating the total bid amount for each composite item from each winning bidder;
Evaluating the total bid amount of each composite item from each winning bidder to determine a successful bid for the auction;
The method of claim 2 further comprising:

A server computer;
An authoring client logically connected to the server computer and capable of defining each composite item and its sub-assemblies;
A software module that resides on the server computer and is operable to build a hierarchical structure of each defined composite item and its subassembly based on a relationship between each composite item and its subassembly;
A computer system capable of supporting an auction having at least one composite item and the composite item, each composite item comprising several subassemblies.

Logically connected to the server computer and capable of presenting each successful bidder information from the software module for each composite item and its subassembly, and each composite item and its subassembly from each successful bidder to the software module The system of claim 10, further comprising one or more bid clients capable of carrying

The software module is:
Grouping and formatting the sub-assemblies for each composite item to enable bidding;
Receiving bids for each composite item and its subassemblies given by one or more bid clients;
Selecting a winning bidder for each composite item and its sub-assemblies;
The system of claim 11, wherein the system is operable.

The software module present in the server is:
Identifying a first item and making it the first parent;
Identifying the first sub-assembly of the first parent, if any, as a first level descendant;
Identifying any second sub-assemblies of the first level descendants as second level descendants;
Identifying a first sub-assembly of the first parent, if any, and making it a sibling of the first level descendants;
Repeating each of the above steps until all items and subassemblies to be identified are identified;
12. The system of claim 11, wherein the system is operable to construct a hierarchy of each composite item and its subassemblies.

The software module present in the server is:
Comparing each composite item and its subassemblies with their descendants;
If one of the descendants is identical to one of its ancestors, deleting the descendant from the hierarchy;
14. The system of claim 13, further capable of:

Each of the identifying steps uses an outline format in which each descendant level is indicated by an indentation level and presents the relationship between each composite item and its subassemblies by presenting each descendant level. 13. The method according to 13.

The software module is further operable to display a graphical user interface by one or more bid clients, the graphical user interface comprising:
Presenting a hierarchy of each composite item and its subassemblies to indicate a relationship between the composite item and the subassembly;
Receiving a bid for the composite item and sub-assembly;
Displaying the remaining bid time and bid status;
The method of claim 11, comprising:

The software module present in the server is:
Calculating a bid amount for each subassembly from each bidder;
Calculating the total bid amount for each composite item from each bidder;
Evaluating the total bid amount of each composite item from each bidder to determine the winning bidder of the auction;
The system of claim 11, further capable of: