Automated Electronic Commerce Data Extracting and Analyzing System
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1. A computer implemented method to display auction data, the method comprising:
- automatically visiting at least one online auction site using a robot and automatically retrieving auction data from the at least one online auction site, the auction data comprising individual sales and their respective sales information, and storing the auction data in a database;
receiving sales properties from a user; and
retrieving a subset of the sales data from the database based on the properties and displaying the subset to the user.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to implement an automatic e-commerce site monitoring system. Data can be automatically gathered from online e-commerce sites such as online auctions and analyzed and stored in a database. A merchant can query the database to find all e-commerce sites selling their products. Suspicious transactions can automatically be identified to the merchant who then may have the option to shut down the particular offending sales. A suspicious transaction may be one that has characteristics likely of some prohibited activity, such as selling counterfeit or grey market goods.
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1. A computer implemented method to display auction data, the method comprising:
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automatically visiting at least one online auction site using a robot and automatically retrieving auction data from the at least one online auction site, the auction data comprising individual sales and their respective sales information, and storing the auction data in a database; receiving sales properties from a user; and retrieving a subset of the sales data from the database based on the properties and displaying the subset to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer implemented method to determine suspicious activity on an e-commerce site, the method comprising:
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reviewing first data comprising information on a first online sale offer offered by a username on an e-commerce site; and applying rules to the first data and additional sales data stored in a database to determine a warning level for the first online sale offer, the additional sales data comprising data describing transactions aside from the first online sale offer. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer implemented method to retrieve auction data, the method comprising:
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automatically visiting an online auction site and automatically retrieving individual auction data for an individual auction; ascertaining a seller of the individual auction; determining that the seller is not in a database storing auction data; automatically placing a nominal bid on an item for auction in the individual auction; receiving additional seller data from the online auction site; and storing the additional seller data in the database. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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