摘要 |
A method for enabling risk management for sellers of items on Internet auction sites with the steps of: Automatically detect new bids on auctions, Evaluate bidders on the basis of their past performance using an artifical intelligence system, Maintain on a central server rating information for bidders, Maintain on the central server a seller's preferences for dealing with bidders in each rating category, Based upon the rating act on the auction by: canceling bid, notifying seller, or accepting the bid, Based upon the bidder's country of registration notify the seller, Allow sellers to see all auctions with bidders on one screen, Allow sellers to see a list of other auctions where their bidders have placed bids, Automate auction fee refund processing, and Allow sellers to see a list of all pending and recently completed auction refund requests, allow anonymous reprisal-free bidder feedback.
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