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Title:
AUCTION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME, PROGRAM, AND NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/073630
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided are an auction device, a control method for same, a program, and a non-transitory information recording medium, wherein when a successful bid is made on a product up for auction, a contact relay unit (101) relays contact relating to the sale of the product between a seller of the product and a bidder who is the successful bidder for the product, via a seller terminal used by the seller and a bidder terminal used by the successful bidder. A history of the relayed contact is stored in a history storage unit (102). An information generation unit (103): (1) estimates the seller-side time required for seller processing, in the time period from when a successful bid is made on the product prior to the successful bid to when the sending of the product is completed; (2) estimates the bidder-side time required for bidder processing, in the time period from when a successful bid is made on the product prior to the successful bid to when the sending of the product is completed; and (3) calculates the sum of the seller-side time and the bidder-side time, and uses said sum as the estimated time required from the successful bid on the product prior to the successful bid to sending.

Inventors:
EMURA SADAAKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2011/075034
Publication Date:
June 07, 2012
Filing Date:
October 31, 2011
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Assignee:
RAKUTEN INC (JP)
EMURA SADAAKI (JP)
International Classes:
G06Q30/08; G06Q30/06
Foreign References:
JP2008304962A2008-12-18
JP2010211690A2010-09-24
JP2009199201A2009-09-03
JP2008117321A2008-05-22
Other References:
"Net Auction Nyumon", ECONOMIST, 8 August 2005 (2005-08-08), pages 122 - 125, XP008169474
See also references of EP 2648154A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KIMURA MITSURU (JP)
Mitsuru Kimura (JP)
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