Tag-Driven Concept-Centric Electronic Marketplace
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- establishing an electronic marketplace associated with a concept, wherein the electronic marketplace is located at a sub-domain of a domain website and at least part of a domain name of the sub-domain is related to the concept;
identifying items to be offered at the electronic marketplace; and
associating, with the items, semantic information pertaining to the concept.
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Abstract
A domain that hosts a general e-commerce marketplace establishes multiple sub-domains to host niche electronic marketplaces. These niche sub-domain sites are built around a concept and offer for sale items that relevant to that concept. The items may be selected from the general e-commerce marketplace at the host domain, or from other websites. The selected items are assigned at least one tag that is associated with the concept, thereby associating the items with the niche electronic marketplace. Other tags may also be assigned to the items to facilitate item searching and comparison. The sub-domain sites may also offer in-depth item information and a rich shopping experience that is tailored to the sophisticated shoppers who are familiar with the concept. As such, the sub-domain sites might offer professional-level commentary, community-based discussion forums, wiki-like product descriptions, blogs, and so forth.
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45 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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establishing an electronic marketplace associated with a concept, wherein the electronic marketplace is located at a sub-domain of a domain website and at least part of a domain name of the sub-domain is related to the concept; identifying items to be offered at the electronic marketplace; and associating, with the items, semantic information pertaining to the concept. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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registering with a host domain to operate a sub-domain; developing an electronic marketplace for the sub-domain, the electronic marketplace being developed around a concept; and tagging items to be sold at the electronic marketplace with at least one tag related to the concept. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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hosting a first electronic marketplace at a domain; hosting at least one second electronic marketplace at a corresponding sub-domain to the domain, wherein the second electronic marketplace is developed around a concept; identifying items offered on at least one of the first electronic marketplace and other electronic marketplaces; and assigning one or more tags to the identified items, wherein at least one tag is associated with the concept for the second electronic marketplace. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method, comprising:
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establishing an electronic marketplace associated with a concept, wherein the electronic marketplace is located at a sub-domain of a domain website and at least part of a domain name of the sub-domain is related to the concept; identifying items to be offered at the electronic marketplace; and sharing revenue resulting from a sale of the items offered at the electronic marketplace among a first entity that operates the domain website and a second entity that operates the electronic marketplace at the sub-domain. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A tagging data structure embodied on a computer-readable media, the data structure comprising:
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a primary tag to associate an item with a particular electronic marketplace; and one or more secondary tags to provide attributes of the item. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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38. A server system comprising:
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one or more processors; a memory, accessible by the one or more processors; an item manager stored in the memory and executable on the one or more processors to manage items in an electronic catalog, the item manager facilitating identification and tagging of items available in one or more other electronic catalogs for inclusion in the electronic catalog; and a tagging data structure comprising a primary tag to associate an item with the electronic catalog and one or more secondary tags to provide attributes of the item. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. One or more computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed on one or more processors, perform acts comprising:
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searching for items available on one or more electronic catalogs associated with one or more electronic marketplaces; selecting certain items resulting from the searching for inclusion in a particular electronic catalog associated with a concept-centric electronic marketplace, the items being relevant to a concept around which the concept-centric electronic marketplace is developed; assigning a primary tag to the certain items, wherein the primary tag associates the certain items with the concept-centric electronic marketplace; and assigning secondary tags to one or more of the certain items. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45)
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