PRICE-BASED DELAY OF AN ADVERTISEMENT

• US 20100293053A1
• Filed: 05/13/2009
• Published: 11/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Behroozi, Oriana F., Ando, Katherine, Potineni, Venkat Sudhakar, Aspinall, Ana L., Lai, Jane F., Thordsen, James A., Tukhar, Sandeep K., Paulson, Jedediah H.
• Application Number:
  US12/465,518
• Publication Number:
  US 20100293053A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.53
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0255 based on user history

Abstract

A purchase record is accessed within a database of purchases. The purchase record includes a purchase date field and a purchase price field, respectively indicating a purchase date and a purchase price of a first item purchased from a seller by a purchaser. At a determination module located at a machine, a presentation delay interval is determined using the machine, the purchase date, and the purchase price. After expiration of the presentation delay interval, an advertisement is communicated to a device of the purchaser. The advertisement advertises a second item to replace the first item.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

an access module configured to access a purchase record within a database of purchases, the database stored on a machine-readable medium, the purchase record including;

a purchase date field indicative of a purchase date of a first item purchased from a seller by a purchaser, and

a purchase price field indicative of a purchase price of the first item;

a determination module implemented at least in part by a processor of a machine, the determination module configured to determine a presentation delay interval using the purchase date and using the purchase price; and

a communication module configured to communicate an advertisement of a second item to a device of the purchaser after expiration of the presentation delay interval, the second item to replace the first item.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communication module is configured to communicate an advertising element of the second item, and wherein the advertising element is selected from the group consisting of an item title, an item description, an item price, and an item image.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the determination module is configured to determine the presentation delay interval using a proposed delay interval and an item parameter;

and wherein the access module is configured to access a table associating the proposed delay interval with the item parameter selected from the group consisting of a price, a price range, an item category, a geographical region, a first item identifier representative of the first item, a second item identifier representative of the second item, a seller identifier representative of the seller, and a purchaser identifier representative of the purchaser.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the database of purchases is a first database;

wherein the access module is configured to access a second database of replacement items, wherein the second database associates the first item with the second item; and

wherein the determination module is configured to identify the second item based on the first item.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the access module is configured to access a network-based marketplace system listing a plurality of items for sale by a plurality of sellers, wherein the second item is one of the plurality of items for sale;

and wherein the determination module is configured to select the second item.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the network-based marketplace system is a network-based auction system;

and wherein the selection of the second item is based on an auction end time corresponding to one of the plurality of items for sale.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the access module is configured to receive an indication that the second item is available for purchase;

and wherein the determination module is configured to shorten the presentation delay interval in response to the receiving of the indication.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the access module is configured to receive an indication that the second item is unavailable for purchase;

and wherein the determination module is configured to lengthen the presentation delay interval in response to the receiving of the indication.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the access module is configured to receive an indication that the second item is unavailable for purchase;

and wherein the communication module is configured to list the second item on a watch list of the purchaser in response to the receiving of the indication.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communication module is configured to communicate an electronic message to the device of the purchaser after expiration of the presentation delay interval.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communication module is configured to communicate a proposal to the device of the purchaser after expiration of the presentation delay interval, and wherein the proposal proposes a resale of the first item by the purchaser.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communication module includes an advertisement generator configured to generate the advertisement.

13. A method comprising the acts of:

accessing a purchase record within a database of purchases, the database stored on a machine-readable medium, the purchase record including;

a purchase date field indicative of a purchase date of a first item purchased from a seller by a purchaser, and

a purchase price field indicative of a purchase price of the first item;

determining a presentation delay interval through use of a determination module implemented at least in part by a processor of a machine, the act of determining using the purchase date and using the purchase price; and

communicating an advertisement of a second item to a device of the purchaser after expiration of the presentation delay interval, the second item to replace the first item.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the act of communicating the advertisement includes the act of communicating an advertising element of the second item, and wherein the advertising element is selected from the group consisting of an item title, an item description, an item price, and an item image.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the act of determining of the presentation delay interval includes using a proposed delay interval and an item parameter, the method further comprising the act of:

accessing a table associating the proposed delay interval with the item parameter selected from the group consisting of a price, a price range, an item category, a geographical region, a first item identifier representative of the first item, a second item identifier representative of the second item, a seller identifier representative of the seller, and a purchaser identifier representative of the purchaser.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the database of purchases is a first database, the method further comprising the acts of:

accessing a second database of replacement items, the second database associating the first item with the second item; and

identifying the second item based on the first item.

17. The method of claim 13 further comprising the acts of:

accessing a network-based marketplace system listing a plurality of items for sale by a plurality of sellers, the second item being one of the plurality of items for sale; and

selecting the second item.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the network-based marketplace system is a network-based auction system, and wherein the act of selecting of the second item is based on an auction end time corresponding to one of the plurality of items for sale.

19. The method of claim 13 further comprising the acts of:

receiving an indication that the second item is available for purchase; and

shortening the presentation delay interval in response to the receiving of the indication.

20. The method of claim 13 further comprising the acts of:

receiving an indication that the second item is unavailable for purchase; and

lengthening the presentation delay interval in response to the receiving of the indication.

21. The method of claim 13 further comprising the acts of:

receiving an indication that the second item is unavailable for purchase; and

listing the second item on a watch list of the purchaser.

22. The method of claim 13 further comprising the act of:

communicating an electronic message to the device of the purchaser after expiration of the presentation delay interval.

23. The method of claim 13 further comprising the act of:

communicating a proposal to the device of the purchaser after expiration of the presentation delay interval, the proposal proposing a resale of the first item by the purchaser.

24. The method of claim 13 further comprising the act of:

generating the advertisement.

25. A machine-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to:

access a purchase record within a database of purchases, the purchase record including;

a purchase date field indicative of a purchase date of a first item purchased from a seller by a purchaser, and

a purchase price field indicative of a purchase price of the first item;

determine a presentation delay interval using a determination module implemented by a processor at the machine, the determining of the presentation delay interval using the purchase date and the purchase price; and

communicate an advertisement of a second item to a device of the purchaser after expiration of the presentation delay interval, the second item to replace the first item.

26. A system comprising:

means for accessing a purchase record within a database of purchases, the database stored on a machine-readable medium, the purchase record including;

a purchase date field indicative of a purchase date of a first item purchased from a seller by a purchaser, and

a purchase price field indicative of a purchase price of the first item;

means for determining a presentation delay interval using a determination module implemented by a processor at a machine, the determining of the presentation delay interval using the purchase date and the purchase price; and

means for communicating an advertisement of a second item to a device of the purchaser after expiration of the presentation delay interval, the second item to replace the first item.