Multiple format search result sets

• US 10,430,853 B2
• Filed: 04/28/2017
• Issued: 10/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Goel, Amit
• Primary Examiner(s): Garg, Yogesh C
• Application Number:
  US15/582,140
• Publication Number:
  US 20170236178A1
• Time in Patent Office: 886 Days
• Field of Search: 705 261, 705 2662, 705 263, 705 271
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0625 Directed, with specific intent or strategy
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A search application can return results including item listings posted to a website. An item listing can be posted to the website in a first format for a first time period and posted to the website in a second format for a second period of time. Responsive to a query for an item, results can be displayed in both the first format and the second format in a user interface.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, from a first client device, an item listing describing a physical item, the item listing specifying a first time period and a second time period after the first time period;

publishing, via a first application executed by one or more processors of a machine, the item listing on a website in a auction webpage format, the first application configured to update, in a table, numerical value data input from a plurality of users, the first application further configured to receive updates to the numerical value data through the item listing published using the auction webpage format;

in response to determining that the first time period has ended, automatically publishing, via a second application executed by the one or more processors, the item listing on the website in a fixed webpage format, the second application configured to maintain the numerical value data at a fixed numerical value for the second time period;

receiving, via the website, from a second client device, a search request for the physical item described in the item listing, the search request received from the second client device during the second time period while the item listing is on the website in the fixed webpage format; and

in response to the search request, providing, by the one or more processors, to the second client device a user interface comprising an auction search results window that displays a first set of one or more item listings published in the auction webpage format and a fixed search results window that displays a second set of one or more item listings published in the fixed webpage format, wherein the fixed search results window includes the item listing in the fixed webpage format.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first time period comprises a first time span and a second time span.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

in response to determining that the first time span has ended, automatically publishing, via the first application, the item listing for the second time span using the auction webpage format, wherein the first time period ends when the second time span ends.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

prompting a user of the first client device to approve automatically publishing the item listing in the fixed webpage format upon expiry of the first time period.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the auction search results window and the fixed search results window are simultaneously displayed in the user interface of the second client device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the fixed search results window displays an indication that the second set of one or more item listings are in the fixed webpage format.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the indication is an icon.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein each item listing of the second set of one or more item listings displays the icon.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the first set of one or more item listings in the auction search results window are separate from the second set of one or more item listings in the fixed search results window.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the indication is an icon displayed within the fixed search results window of the user interface.

11. A system comprising:

one or more processors of a machine; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the machine to perform operations comprising;

receiving, from a first client device, an item listing describing a physical item, the item listing specifying a first time period and a second time period;

publishing, via a first application, the item listing on a website in a auction webpage format, the first application configured to update, in a table, numerical value data input from a plurality of users, the first application further configured to receive updates to the numerical value data through the item listing published using the auction webpage format;

in response to determining that the first time period has ended, automatically publishing, via a second application executed by the one or more processors, the item listing on the website in a fixed webpage format, the second application configured to maintain the numerical value data at a fixed numerical value for the second time period;

receiving, via the website, from a second client device, a search request for the physical item described in the item listing, the search request received from the second client device during the second time period while the item listing is on the website in the fixed webpage format; and

in response to the search request, providing, by the one or more processors, to the second client device a user interface comprising an auction search results window that displays a first set of one or more item listings published in the auction webpage format and a fixed search results window that displays a second set of one or more item listings published in the fixed webpage format, wherein the fixed search results window includes the item listing in the fixed webpage format.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the first time period comprises a first time span and a second time span.

13. The system of claim 12, the operations further comprising:

in response to determining that the first time span has ended, automatically publishing, via the first application, the item listing for the second time span using the auction webpage format, wherein the first time period ends when the second time span ends.

14. The system of claim 11, the operations further comprising:

prompting a user of the first client device to approve automatically publishing the item listing in the fixed webpage format upon expiry of the first time period.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the auction search results window and the fixed search results window are simultaneously displayed in the user interface of the second client device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the fixed search results window displays an indication that the second set one or more item listings are in the fixed webpage format.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the indication is an icon.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein each item listing of the second set of one or more item listings displays the icon.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the first set of one or more item listings in the auction search results window are separate from the second set of one or more item listings in the fixed search results window, and wherein the indication is an icon displayed within the fixed search results window of the user interface.

20. A non-transitory machine-readable storage device embodying instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a first client device, an item listing describing a physical item, the item listing specifying a first time period and a second time period after the first time period;

publishing, via a first application, the item listing on a website in a auction webpage format, the first application configured to update, in a table, numerical value data input from a plurality of users, the first application further configured to receive updates to the numerical value data through the item listing published using the auction webpage format;

in response to determining that the first time period has ended, automatically publishing, via a second application, the item listing on the website in a fixed webpage format, the second application configured to maintain the numerical value data at a fixed numerical value for the second time period;

receiving, via the website, from a second client device, a search request for the physical item described in the item listing, the search request received from the second client device during the second time period while the item listing is on the website in the fixed webpage format; and

in response to the search request, providing to the second client device a user interface comprising an auction search results window that displays a first set of one or more item listings published in the auction webpage format and a fixed search results window that displays a second set of one or more item listings published in the fixed webpage format, wherein the fixed search results window includes the item listing in the fixed webpage format.