Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20080221945
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Mark Nowotarski (over 4 years ago)
There appears to be a lot of earlier patent literature in this area. I uploaded a couple of examples.

Anyone see any holes they could squeeze through?
Alan King (over 4 years ago)
Prior Art Reference 3 seems particularly relevant.
Alan King (over 4 years ago)
sorry, newbie mistake.. try Prior Art Reference 260
Mark Nowotarski (over 4 years ago)
Thank you for your support.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7WeZbRbxwg
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MICHAEL OLENICK (over 4 years ago)
This seems no different than any auction site that prequalifies people before they're invited to participate; no different than the myriad of other auction sites. There seems to be nothing here that's either original and non-obvious. That's not to say it isn't a good idea; just can't see how it'd be appropriate for patent protection.
Mark Nowotarski (over 4 years ago)
Michael,
I had the same impression. Do you know of any references that describe the basic technological requirements of an automated OTC?