Dynamically generating a reduced item price

• US 10,510,090 B2
• Filed: 04/10/2014
• Issued: 12/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Luk, Alpha Kamchiu
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Alvin L
• Application Number:
  US14/249,668
• Publication Number:
  US 20150294340A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,077 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0222 During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions

Abstract

A system may receive information representing a first item and an item price of the first item from a first user device operated by a buyer. The first item may be available for sale by a merchant of a brick-and-mortar store. A plurality of sellers may be identified, the plurality of sellers may list a second item as being available for sale at the calculated reduced item price in an item listing for the second item. Moreover, the second item may be similar to the first item. A reduced item price may be calculated based on the item price of the first item received from the user device, the reduced item price representing a price lower than the item price of the first item. The item listing for the second item available for sale may be presented to the first user device operated by the buyer.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processor from a first user device, information representing a first item and an item price of the first item available for sale;

calculating a reduced item price based on the item price of the first item and a price range associated with each of a plurality of sellers, the reduced item price representing a price lower than the item price of the first item;

identifying a plurality of item listings that list a second item having similar characteristics to the first item and being available for sale at the reduced item price, the second item being separate from the first item, the plurality of item listings being associated with the plurality of sellers; and

causing one of the plurality of item listings to be displayed by the first user device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the calculating the reduced item price is further based on pricing criteria corresponding to the plurality of sellers.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the calculating the reduced item price is further based on price preferences received from the first user device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the calculating the reduced item price is further based on shipping costs of sending the second item to a user associated with the first user device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting that a price of the second item is adjusted from an original price to the reduced item price in the item listing for the second item.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

causing the reduced item price to be displayed on user devices associated with the plurality of sellers, and wherein identifying the plurality of item listings is further based on receiving an indication from the plurality of sellers to list the second item as being available for sale at the reduced item price.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the second item is similar to the first item based on comparing item characteristics of the second item with item characteristics of the first item.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the plurality of item listings is based on matching the information representing the first item to item listings managed by the plurality of sellers.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the price range represents a range of prices that each of the plurality of sellers is willing to sell the second item.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving location data from the first user device, the location data indicating a location of the first item; and

determining that the location data matches a location of a brick-and-mortar store that sells first item.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the information representing the first item includes at least one of a bar code, an identification number, a description, and an image depicting the item.

14. The system of claim 1, the operations further comprising calculating the reduced item price based on price preferences received from the first user device.

12. A system comprising:

one or more hardware processors;

memory to store instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising;

receiving, from a first user device, information representing a first item and an item price of the first item available for sale;

calculating a reduced item price based on the item price of the first item and a price range associated with each of a plurality of sellers the reduced item price representing a price lower than the item price of the first item;

identifying a plurality of item listings that list a second item having similar characteristics to the first item and being available for sale at the reduced item price, the second item being separate from the first item, the plurality of item listings being associated with the plurality of sellers; and

causing one of the plurality of item listings to be displayed by the first user device.

13. The system of claim 12, the operations further comprising calculating the reduced item price based on pricing criteria corresponding to the plurality of sellers.

15. The system of claim 12, the operations further comprising detecting a price of the second item is adjusted from an original price to the reduced item price in the item listing for the second item.

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

causing the reduced item price to be displayed on user devices associated with the plurality of sellers, and receiving an indication from the plurality of sellers to list the second item as being available for sale at the reduced item price.

17. The system of claim 12, the operations further comprising determining that the second item is similar to the first item based on comparing item characteristics of the second item with item characteristics of the first item.

18. The system of claim 12, the operations further comprising identifying the plurality of item listings is based on matching the information representing the first item to item listings managed by the plurality of sellers.

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

receiving location data from the first user device, the location data indicating a location of the first item, and

determining that the location data matches a location of a brick-and-mortar store that sells the first item.

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

receiving, from a first user device, information representing a first item and an item price of the first item available for sale;

calculating a reduced item price based on the item price of the first item and a price range associated with each of a plurality of sellers, the reduced item price representing a price lower than the item price of the first item;

identifying a plurality of item listings that list a second item having similar characteristics to the first item and being available for sale at the reduced item price, the second item being separate from the first item, the plurality of item listings being associated with the plurality of sellers; and

causing one of the plurality of item listings to be displayed by the first user device.