System to generate an aggregate interest indication with respect to an information item
First Claim
1. A system to process sale listings published via an electronic publishing system over a network, the system including:
- a monitor component to monitor activity pertaining to at least one of a plurality of sale listings on behalf of a user of the electronic publishing system, the user activity flagging the sale listing to monitor subsequent activity; and
a ranking component to determine a number of users monitoring the sale listing and to generate a ranking for the sale listing based on the number of users monitoring the sale listing.
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Abstract
A method and system is provided to process sale listings published via a network-based publishing system. The system may include monitoring and ranking components. The monitor component may monitor activity pertaining to at least one of a plurality of sale listings on behalf of a user of the system. The ranking component may determine a number of users monitoring the sale listing and to generate a ranking for the sale listing based on the number of users monitoring the sale listing. The system may be a web-based system including at least one web server that provides the plurality of sale listings via the Internet to the plurality of users. Monitoring criteria may be received relating to an extent to which a plurality of sale listings are monitored by a plurality of users, and the system may conduct a search of the plurality of listings utilizing the monitoring criteria.
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23 Claims
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1. A system to process sale listings published via an electronic publishing system over a network, the system including:
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a monitor component to monitor activity pertaining to at least one of a plurality of sale listings on behalf of a user of the electronic publishing system, the user activity flagging the sale listing to monitor subsequent activity; and
a ranking component to determine a number of users monitoring the sale listing and to generate a ranking for the sale listing based on the number of users monitoring the sale listing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system to process listings published via an electronic publishing system over a network, the system including:
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means for monitoring activity pertaining to the sale listing on behalf users of the electronic marketplace system;
means for determining a number of users monitoring the sale listing; and
means for generating a ranking for the sale listing based on the number of users monitoring activity pertaining to the sale listing.
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6. A method to establish a ranking for a sale listing published, via an electronic marketplace system, over a network, the method including:
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monitoring activity pertaining to the sale listing on behalf a plurality of users of the electronic marketplace system;
determining a number of users monitoring the sale listing; and
generating a ranking for the sale listing based on the number of users monitoring activity pertaining to the sale listing. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21)
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17. A method to establish a communal interest level for an information item published, via an electronic publication system, over a network, the method including:
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receiving, from a user, an interest indication pertaining to an information item, the interest indication flagging the information item to monitor subsequent activity related to the information item;
determining a number of interest indications received from users of the electronic publication the system; and
generating a ranking for the information item based on the number of interest indications received from users of the publication system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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22. A method to process a plurality of listings provided via a network-based commerce system, the method including:
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monitoring a specific user activity pertaining to each listing of the plurality of listings, the user activity flagging the listing to monitor subsequent activity;
determining a number of occurrences of the specific user activity for each of the plurality of listings; and
identifying a listing with a highest number of occurrences. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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