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A computer implemented system and method of executing an auction. The system has at least two intelligent systems, one for the auctioneer and at least one for a user. The auction is conducted by the auctioneer's system communications with the user system(s). The auctioneer's system contains informat

A computer implemented system and method of executing an auction. The system has at least two intelligent systems, one for the auctioneer and at least one for a user. The auction is conducted by the auctioneer's system communications with the user system(s). The auctioneer's system contains information from the user system(s) based on bid information entered by the user(s). With this information the auctioneer's system determines whether the auction can be concluded or not and appropriate messages are transmitted to the user(s).

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[ I claim:] [15.] A computer implemented auction method implemented in an auction system comprising at least two intelligent systems including an auctioneer's and at least one user system, the auctioneer's system communicatively coupled to all of the user systems, each of said user systems providing

[ I claim:] [15.] A computer implemented auction method implemented in an auction system comprising at least two intelligent systems including an auctioneer's and at least one user system, the auctioneer's system communicatively coupled to all of the user systems, each of said user systems providing an interface for receiving messages from the auctioneer's system and for displaying those messages, for receiving bid information and transmitting the bid information to a user data base, said auctioneer's system for generating and transmitting messages to user systems, for generating queries for user data bases and for receiving answers to the queries from user data bases, said method comprising the sequential steps of:a) initiating an auction with a message sent to each user system containing information related to the auction and soliciting bids,b) entering bid information into each user system and storing said bid information in a user data base,c) querying at least one user data base for an answer to a query, said query including at least one query parameter, where at least one said query addresses less than all of said bid information,d) generating an answer to said query at a user data base based on the query parameter and the contents of the user data base where the answer includes at least one answer parameter,e) evaluating an answer at the auctioneer's system to determine if additional querying should occur,e1) in the event that additional querying should occur, querying at least one user data base with a query containing at least one modified parameter,e2) in the event that no additional querying should occur, evaluating answers received at the auctioneer's system to determine the results of the auction and sending a final message to at least one user system containing the results of the auction, andf) repeating steps c)-e) until it is determined that no additional querying should occur.