In this paper, we prove the NP-hardness of broadcast scheduling of real-time multi-item requests in both single- and multi-channel environments.
Instead, the retailer explains, the price-matching is done in real-time for "like" items (same size, color, quantity, etc).
And the 682 patent, from 2000, is right on in suggesting the need for more or less real-time notifications showing items related the user's interest.
Functions include – An eBay sidebar that provides quick access and real-time updates on items users have bid on, are selling or watching – Status alerts, including outbid notices – Integrated eBay search – Built in support for eBay's Account Guard.
So while sites like eBay flourished in the category of real-time bidding for items, the live action spectacle that went along with that remained firmly offline, with the only way for bidders not present in the auction room to get in on the action by calling in by phone.
That's what Hollrr's destination site is for — it features a real-time stream of recent item recommendations, which these users can then take and share back to Facebook and Twitter (and look smart in the process).
Items are viewed on a corresponding Locca app that displays the real-time position of tracked items on a map, and offers additional functionality such as setting up different zones where you might want the system to behave differently toward tracked items.
More troubling is the method for affecting boot item order, which is not very specific at all, and amounts to a patent on real-time prioritizing of boot items.
When the Haggler called T-Mobile on behalf of Ms. Furie, a spokesman noted that customers could keep tabs on their usage fees through a feature called My Account, which "provides subscribers real-time information on important items such as current activity, bill summary, plans and services and other options".
For them, video quality was paramount to the real-time nature, because newsworthy items require pristine videos.
