Offline creation of marketplace listings

• US 10,176,516 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2015
• Issued: 01/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sreekumar, Sooraj
• Primary Examiner(s): Allen, William J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kang, Timothy J
• Application Number:
  US14/726,219
• Publication Number:
  US 20160350840A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,320 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0276 Advertisement creation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic

Abstract

An online marketplace system may allow sellers to create listings for items to sell. A seller may create a listing using an application installed on the seller'"'"'s mobile device. The application may be configured so that a seller can very quickly provide information regarding an item, and therefore create a listing within minimal time investment. The application monitors data connectivity and detects connectivity problems that may create delays in providing item information to the online marketplace system. When there are problems with connectivity, the application caches the item information so that the user of the application does not perceive any latencies. When data connectivity improves, the application sends the cached item information to the online marketplace system for creation of the listing.

Claims

1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing an application that is configured for execution by one or more processors of a mobile device to perform actions comprising:

receiving information regarding an item to be listed for sale on behalf of a seller by an online marketplace system, wherein the information comprises at least one of a picture of the item, a description of the item, contact information for the seller, or a sale price of the item;

comparing mobile data connectivity between the mobile device and the online marketplace system to connectivity criteria associated with a predefined threshold for real-time submission of a listing of the item, wherein the connectivity criteria includes at least the mobile device having the mobile data connectivity to the online marketplace system;

determining that the mobile data connectivity between the mobile device and the online marketplace system fails to satisfy the connectivity criteria;

in response to determining that the mobile data connectivity between the mobile device and the online marketplace system fails to satisfy the connectivity criteria, caching the information on the mobile device for future transmission to the online marketplace system;

subsequent to the caching the information, determining that the mobile data connectivity between the mobile device and the online marketplace system satisfies the connectivity criteria;

transmitting the information cached on the mobile device to the online marketplace system for inclusion by the online marketplace system in the listing of the item; and

transmitting a request to the online marketplace system to create the listing of the item on behalf of the seller, wherein the listing of the item includes the information, and wherein at least one of the transmitting the information cached on the mobile device to the online marketplace system or the transmitting the request to the online marketplace system to create the listing of the item is performed within a time limit specified by the seller.

2. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the information further comprises at least one of a video of the item, a title for the listing of the item, or a condition of the item.

3. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, the actions further comprising prompting the seller for authorization before transmitting the request to the online marketplace system based at least in part on determining the information cached on the mobile device exceeds the time limit specified by the seller, and wherein at least one of the transmitting the information cached on the mobile device to the online marketplace system or the transmitting the request to the online marketplace system to create the listing of the item is performed after the time limit specified by the seller and is based at least in part on receiving the authorization from the seller.

4. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the connectivity criteria comprises the mobile data connectivity currently existing between the mobile device and the online marketplace system.

5. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the connectivity criteria comprises at least one of that a rate of dropped data between the mobile device and the online marketplace system does not exceed a first threshold or that a speed of the mobile data connectivity between the mobile device and the online marketplace system exceeds a second threshold.

6. A device, comprising:

a display;

one or more processors; and

one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform actions comprising;

presenting a graphical user interface on the display, the graphical user interface having controls for receiving information regarding an item to be listed for sale by an online marketplace system;

determining that data connectivity of the device fails to satisfy one or more connectivity criteria, wherein the determining is based on a comparison of the data connectivity between the device and the online marketplace system to the one or more connectivity criteria associated with a predefined threshold for real-time submission of a listing of the item, and wherein the one or more connectivity criteria includes at least the mobile device having the data connectivity with the online marketplace;

caching the information in the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media for future transmission to the online marketplace system;

subsequent to the caching the information, determining that the data connectivity of the device satisfies the one or more connectivity criteria; and

transmitting the information cached in the computer-readable media to the online marketplace system for inclusion by the online marketplace system in the listing of the item, wherein the transmitting is performed within a predefined time limit specified by a seller.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the data connectivity comprises cellular data connectivity.

8. The device of claim 6, wherein the one or more connectivity criteria comprises that the device currently has the data connectivity with the online marketplace system.

9. The device of claim 6, wherein the one or more connectivity criteria comprises at least one of that the data connectivity of the device is unmetered;

that a rate of dropped data between the device and the online marketplace system does not exceed a first threshold;

that a speed of the data connectivity of the device exceeds a second threshold;

that there is currently no usage charge for the data connectivity of the device;

or that a usage charge for the data connectivity of the device does not exceed a third threshold.

10. The device of claim 6, wherein the predefined time limit begins after receiving the information.

11. The device of claim 6, the actions further comprising prompting for authorization before the transmitting the information cached in the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media to the online marketplace system.

12. The device of claim 6, wherein the information comprises a picture of the item.

13. The device of claim 6, wherein the information comprises at least one of a video of the item;

a description of the item;

a price of the item;

a title for the listing of the item;

a condition of the item;

or contact information of the seller of the item.

14. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a mobile computing device, information regarding an item to be listed for sale by an online marketplace system;

comparing data connectivity between the mobile computing device and the online marketplace system to connectivity criteria associated with a predefined threshold for real-time submission of a listing of the item wherein the connectivity criteria includes at least the mobile computing device having the data connectivity with the online marketplace system;

determining that the data connectivity between the mobile computing device and the online marketplace system fails to satisfy the connectivity criteria;

caching, on the mobile computing device, the information for future transmission to the online marketplace system;

subsequent to the caching the information, determining that the data connectivity between the mobile computing device and the online marketplace system satisfies the connectivity criteria; and

transmitting, from the mobile computing device, the information cached on the mobile computing device to the online marketplace system for inclusion by the online marketplace system in the listing of the item, wherein the transmitting the information is performed within a predefined time period specified by a seller.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the data connectivity comprises cellular data connectivity.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the connectivity criteria comprises that the data connectivity currently exists with the online marketplace system.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the connectivity criteria comprises at least one of that the data connectivity is unmetered;

that a rate of dropped data does not exceed a first threshold;

that a speed of the data connectivity exceeds a second threshold;

that there is currently no usage charge for the data connectivity;

or that a usage charge for the data connectivity does not exceed a third threshold.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the predefined time period begins after receiving the information.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising prompting for authorization before transmitting the information cached on the mobile computing device to the online marketplace system.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the information comprises at least one of a picture of the item;

a video of the item;

a title for the listing of the item;

a description of the item;

a price of the item;

a condition of the item;

or contact information of the seller of the item.

21. The method of claim 14, further comprising displaying a graphical user interface on a display of the mobile computing device, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to receive the information.