Method and system for automatically updating a seller application utilized in a network-based transaction facility
First Claim
1. A method for automatically updating a seller application upon connecting to a network-based transaction facility, the method including:
- receiving a request, by a seller application, to connect to the network-based transaction facility; and
determining whether a category update exists for a category data structure maintained by the seller application, if so, downloading the category update to the seller application for each updating of a category data structure maintained by the seller application utilizing the downloaded category update.
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Abstract
According to the present invention, there is provided a method for automatically updating a seller application upon connecting to a network-based transaction facility. The method includes receiving a request, by a seller application, to connect to the network-based transaction facility. The method also includes determining whether a category update exists for a category data structure maintained by the seller application. The method further includes downloading the category update to the seller application for each updating of a category data structure maintained by the seller application utilizing the downloaded category update.
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43 Claims
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1. A method for automatically updating a seller application upon connecting to a network-based transaction facility, the method including:
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receiving a request, by a seller application, to connect to the network-based transaction facility; and
determining whether a category update exists for a category data structure maintained by the seller application, if so, downloading the category update to the seller application for each updating of a category data structure maintained by the seller application utilizing the downloaded category update. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system to automatically update a seller application upon connecting to a network based transaction facility, the system including:
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a communicator module at the network-based transaction facility to receive a connection request, from a seller application, to connect to the network-based transaction facility;
an upgrade control module to determine whether a category update exists for category data structure maintained by the seller application, if so, the communicator module to download the category update to the seller application for each updating of a category data structure maintained by the seller application utilizing the downloaded category update. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A transaction application at the network-based transaction facility to provide updates to a seller application, the transaction application including:
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a communicator module to receive a request, by a seller application, to connect to the network-based transaction facility; and
an upgrade control module to determine whether a category update exists for a category data structure maintained by the seller application, if so, the communicator module to download the category update to the seller application for each updating of a category data structure maintained by the seller application utilizing the downloaded category update. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. An updateable seller application to facilitate propagating a plurality of transaction listings to a network-based transaction facility, the updateable seller application including;
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a communication module to establish a connection to a network-based transaction facility;
the communication module to receive a category update for each updating of a category data structure maintained by the seller application; and
an upgrade module to update each category data structure for which a category update has been received. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42)
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43. A computer-readable medium storing a sequence of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
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receive a request, via a seller application, to connect to the network-based transaction facility;
determine whether automatic updating of the seller application is enabled, and if so, download category updates to the seller application; and
update the seller application with the downloaded category updates.
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