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1. A system for electronically bidding, offering, booking, and paying for leasing hotel rooms or properties, the system comprising:
a memory device to store sets of instructions; and at least one possessor coupled with the memory device to execute the set of instructions; wherein the sets of instructions cause the at least one processor to: implement a room auction creator user interface configured to allow a single hotel owner/manager to create a room auction by entering information about a room, by setting a quantity for the room; by setting dates of availability; by setting either a fixed asking price or start auction price for the room; by setting an expiration date and time; by setting whether or not room resell protection is offered; and by setting a price for room resell protection when offered. implement a room bid creator user interface configured to allow each one of a plurality of traveler bidders to place a bid on a selected room auction and for a specific selection of dates; implement a room auction status user interface configured to provide all traveler and seller searchers, traveler bidders, and room sellers information about the auction including the current highest bid and the time left for the auction; implement a room lease executor configured to execute a sale for a room lease contract when the room auction ends, transferring funds between winning traveler bidder and room seller, transferring the room lease contract from the room seller to the winning traveler bidder so that the contract now is between the hotel owner/manager of the room and the winning traveler bidder, where the traveler, room reseller, and the hotel receive a notification of the sale execution and/or it shows in an activity history private to each person's account. implement a room resell protection user control that allows a traveler to resell a room they lease if selected; implement a room resell auction creator user interface configured to allow a single traveler with an existing room lease contract to resell the room's lease at auction by first having the known room information automatically copied into the resell auction; by the traveler resetting dates of availability; by the traveler setting either a fixed asking price or start auction price for the room; and by the traveler setting an expiration date and time. |
