Systems and techniques to create and conduct a reverse auction include creating a reverse auction object having a number of components; and copying information from a number of components in a Request for Quotation (RFQ) object into corresponding components of the reverse auction object. Bids received...http://www.google.de/patents/US7376593?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7376593 - Methods and computer readable storage medium for conducting a reverse auction
