System to conduct search updates at determined frequency
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Abstract
A method and system for automatically updating searches are described. In one embodiment, a first search result may be compared with a second search result to automatically identify at least one data item within the first search result that is changed relative to the second search result. The at least one data item may comprise a transaction term. A notification of the at least one data item may be transmitted to a user device.
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21 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A system comprising:
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a commerce database storing item data for a plurality of items offered for sale; a search criteria database storing search criteria associated with a user, the search criteria including search frequency information indicating frequency of a search update to be performed using the search criteria; a search server to retrieve the search criteria from the search criteria database and to perform an update search of the commerce database, the search being performed using the search criteria and in accordance with the search frequency information; and a notification engine to identify an update to a previous search result based on the update search and to generate a notification of the update to the previous search result. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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storing search criteria associated with a user, the search criteria including search frequency information indicating frequency of a search update to be performed using the search criteria; performing an update search of a commerce database, using the search criteria and in accordance with the search frequency information; determining an update to a previous search result based on the update search; and generating a notification of the update to the previous search result, the notification to be presented to the user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A storage device storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
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performing an update search of a commerce database, using search criteria associated with the user, the commerce database storing item data for a plurality of items offered for sale; determining an update to a previous search result based on the update search; and generating a notification of the update to the previous search result, the notification to be communicated to a user in accordance with notification frequency information.
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