SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPARISON SHOPPING

• US 20080255967A1
• Filed: 04/14/2008
• Published: 10/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Shi, Kenny
• Granted Patent: US 9,262,784 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0627 using item specifications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0629 for generating comparisons
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions

Abstract

Embodiments of computer implemented systems and methods for comparison shopping are described. One example embodiment includes receiving a data resource associated with a web page, the web page including an offering of a product and product offering terms, extracting product descriptors from the data source, requesting a search of marketplace offerings of the product based on the product descriptors, receiving results of the search (the results including marketplace offering terms of the marketplace offerings of the product), and displaying the marketplace offering terms, thereby facilitating comparison of the product offering terms with the marketplace offering terms.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, said computer implemented method comprising:

receiving a data resource associated with a web page, the web page including an offering of a product and product offering terms;

extracting product descriptors from the data resource, the product descriptors being associated with the product;

requesting a search of marketplace offerings of the product based on the product descriptors;

receiving results of the search, the results including marketplace offering terms of the marketplace offerings of the product; and

displaying the marketplace offering terms, thereby facilitating comparison of the product offering terms with the marketplace offering terms.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the data resource is initiated through a browser tool.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the extracting of the product descriptors includes parsing of the data resource.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the extracting of the product descriptors is limited to a title part of the data resource.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the marketplace offering terms of the product include or more of the following:

lowest bidding price of an auction ending within a predetermined time, countdown timer for the lowest bidding price auction ending within the predetermined time, links to the product priced within a predetermined fixed amount, a total number of the marketplace offerings, a total number of the fixed price offerings, an average price of the fixed price offerings, a total number of auctions ending within the predetermined time, an average price of the auctions ending within the predetermined time, a total number of the fixed price offerings, an average price of the fixed price market offerings.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the marketplace offering terms are displayed in categories, the categories including one or more of the following:

price auctions, fixed price, price auctions ending within a predetermined time, market offerings from sellers rated above a predetermined rating, market offerings with a shipping cost below a predetermined amount.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the marketplace offering terms includes positioning the marketplace offering terms next to the product offering terms, thereby facilitating comparison of the product offering terms with the marketplace offering terms.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein requesting the search of the marketplace offerings of the product includes sending the product descriptors to an Application Programming Interface (API) of the marketplace.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising suggesting titles of the product based on the product descriptors.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the marketplace offering terms is enabled by modifying the data resource associated with the offering of the product.

11. A computer-implemented system, said computer-implemented system comprising:

a communication module to receive a data resource associated with a web page, the web page including an offering of a product and product offering terms;

an extracting module to extract product descriptors from the data resource, the product descriptors being associated with the product;

a requesting module to request a search of marketplace offerings of the product based on the product descriptors;

a receiving module to receive results of the search, the results including marketplace offering terms of the marketplace offerings of the product; and

a displaying module to display the marketplace offering terms, thereby facilitating comparison of the product offering terms with the marketplace offering terms.

12. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the communication module is to receive the data resource through a browser tool.

13. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein a parsing module is to parse the data resource, the parsing module being included in the extracting module.

14. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the extracting module is to extract the product descriptors by limiting extraction to a title part of the data resource.

15. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the displaying module is to display the marketplace offering terms next to the product offering terms.

16. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the requesting module is to request the search of the marketplace offerings of the product by sending the product descriptors to an Application Programming Interface (API) of a marketplace.

17. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, further comprising a suggesting module to suggest titles of the product based on the product descriptors.

18. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the displaying module is to display the marketplace offering terms by modifying the data resource associated with the offering of the product.

19. A computer-readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, perform the following operations:

receive a data resource associated with a web page, the web page including an offering of a product and product offering terms;

extract product descriptors from the data resource, the product descriptors being associated with the product;

request a search of marketplace offerings of the product based on the product descriptors;

receive results of the search, the results including marketplace offering terms of the marketplace offerings of the product; and

display the marketplace offering terms, thereby facilitating comparison of the product offering terms with the marketplace offering terms.

20. A computer-implemented apparatus, said computer-implemented apparatus comprising:

means for receiving a data resource associated with a web page, the web page including an offering of a product and product offering terms;

means for extracting product descriptors from the data source, the product descriptors being associated with the product;

means for requesting a search of marketplace offerings of the product based on the product descriptors;

means for receiving results of the search, the results including marketplace offering terms of the marketplace offerings of the product; and

means for displaying the marketplace offering terms, whereby facilitating comparison of the product offering terms with the marketplace offering terms.