Pamela G Lowe

US Patent:

20030172022, Sep 11, 2003

Filed:

Mar 11, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/095237

Inventors:

Joseph Coyne - Elderslie, GB
Harold Daub - Halifax PA, US
Teresa Fiore - Woodbury CT, US
Michael Fortine - Lake Katrine NY, US
Pamela Lowe - Cumming GA, US
Aldo Morandin - Monza, IT
Yoshiaki Ohsumi - Chigasaki-shi, JP
Jose de Michel Rodriguez - Danbury CT, US
Anne Ten Dyke - Durham NC, US
Warren Wu - Taipei, TW
John Yuskis - Kensington CT, US
Paul Zulpa - Woodbury CT, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/037000

Abstract:

A computer data processing system executing a method for selecting an auction methodology for a buyer/supplier procurement process, wherein the method comprises determining an auction scope in the data processing system, determining an auction interaction in the data processing system, determining an auction control in the data processing system, determining an auction pricing in the data processing system, determining a set of auction closing rules in the data processing system, determining an auction iteration in the data processing system, and selecting an auction methodology based on the auction scope, the auction interaction, the auction control, the auction pricing, the auction closing rules, and the auction iteration.