SYSTEM TO PROVIDE BUYER WANTED REQUEST LISTINGS

• US 20110208605A1
• Filed: 04/28/2011
• Published: 08/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Garcia, Edward O'Neil, Speiser, Leonard Robert, Raccah, David
• Granted Patent: US 8,117,081 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0605 Supply or demand aggregation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A system comprises a buyer request creation module to receive a buyer request listing, the buyer request creation module automatically to determine a listing category for the buyer request listing. A buyer request searching module locates a buyer request listing corresponding to a search criteria. A buyer request response module adds a response to the buyer request listing, the response comprising a reference to a listing for an item offered for sale on the system.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a buyer request creation module executable by a processor to;

generate a frequency distribution for a plurality of categories of existing buyer request listings containing description information matching at least in part an item description of a buyer request listing; and

select a listing category for the buyer request listing based on a category having a highest frequency in the frequency distribution for the plurality of categories.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the buyer request listing further includes a title and buyer identification information.

3. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a buyer request posting module to post the buyer request listing created by the buyer request creation module.

4. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a buyer request searching module to locate the buyer request listing corresponding to a search criteria.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a buyer request category module to recommend the listing category based on information contained within the buyer request listing.

6. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a buyer request response module to add a response to the buyer request listing, the response comprising a reference to a listing for an item offered for sale on the system.

7. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a buyer request deletion module to delete the buyer request listing.

8. A method comprising:

generating, at a server, a frequency distribution for a plurality of categories of existing buyer request listings containing description information matching at least in part an item description of a buyer request listing; and

selecting a listing category for the buyer request listing based on a category having a highest frequency in the frequency distribution for the plurality of categories.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the buyer request listing includes a title, the item description, and buyer identification information.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

posting the buyer request listing into the listing category.

11. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

adding a response to the buyer request listing, the response comprising a reference to a listing for an item offered for sale on the system.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

receiving responses to the buyer request listing, wherein each of the responses references an item that is already offered for sale on the server; and

facilitating a purchase of an item that was provided in one of the responses to the buyer request listing.

13. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

automatically deleting the buyer request listing from a database accessible by the server after a predetermined period time.

14. A non-transitory machine-readable medium including a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause of the machine to perform a method, the method including:

generating a frequency distribution for a plurality of categories of existing buyer request listings containing description information matching at least in part an item description of a buyer request listing; and

selecting a listing category for the buyer request listing based on a category having a highest frequency in the frequency distribution for the plurality of categories.

15. The medium of claim 14, wherein the buyer request listing includes a title, the item description, and buyer identification information.

16. The medium of claim 14, wherein the method further comprising:

posting the buyer request listing into the listing category.

17. The medium of claim 14, wherein the method further comprising:

adding a response to the buyer request listing, the response comprising a reference to a listing for an item offered for sale on the system.

18. The medium of claim 14, wherein the method further comprising:

receiving responses to the buyer request listing, wherein each of the responses references an item that is already offered for sale on the server; and

facilitating a purchase of an item that was provided in one of the responses to the buyer request listing.

19. The medium of claim 14, wherein the method further comprising:

automatically deleting the buyer request listing from a database accessible by the server after a predetermined period time.

20. The medium of claim 14, wherein the method further comprising:

locating the buyer request listing based on a search criteria.