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Using plain text to list an item on a publication system

  • US 10,438,254 B2
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Issued: 10/08/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented method for automatically creating a listing in a listing service and preventing a denial of service attack, the method comprising:

  • receiving, from a client machine, via an email receiver module, an email from a user, the email comprising a first Internet Protocol (IP) address and an email address, plain text information and one or more digital images;

    parsing the plain text information to obtain an identification of an item referenced in the plain text information, wherein the parsing includes extracting text in a dedicated subject line in the plain text information and using the extracted text as the identification of the item;

    passing the plain text information and the identification of the item to a categorizer designed to output a category for the item, from a plurality of possible categories, and one or more attributes of the item, based on the plain text information and the identification of the item;

    determining that the plain text information does not include at least a title, price, and description of the item;

    in response to a determination that the plain text information does not include at least a title, price, and description of the item;

    determining, at a risk assessment module operating on a computer, based on the first email address and the first Internet Protocol, that the user is high risk;

    based on the determination whether the user is high risk;

    determining not to send a form asking the user to fill in missing fields, in order to prevent a denial of service attack;

    requesting additional credentials regarding the user'"'"'s identity from the user;

    receiving the additional credentials from the user;

    evaluating the additional credentials by verifying the additional credentials;

    in response to the evaluation, permitting the listing to be created; and

    automatically generating, by a view item page composer module operating on a computer, a listing in the listing service using the identification of the item, the category for the item, the one or more attributes for the item, and the one or more digital images.

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