METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LISTING ITEMS GLOBALLY AND REGIONALLY, AND CUSTOMIZED LISTING ACCORDING TO CURRENCY OR SHIPPING AREA

• US 20140304120A1
• Filed: 03/31/2014
• Published: 10/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Boone, Barry, Sacco, Nathan, Chard, Rhys
• Application Number:
  US14/231,719
• Publication Number:
  US 20140304120A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

In one example embodiment, there is provided a method comprising providing a particular version of a site associated with an electronic marketplace, wherein the electronic marketplace offers a plurality of offerings to a plurality of regions via a plurality of versions of the site; receiving a request from a user to access the particular version of the site; receiving a request from the user and retrieving, based on the request, a region-specific version of an offering available in the region associated with the particular version of the site; and presenting the region-specific version of the offering to the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing a particular version of a site associated with an electronic marketplace, wherein the electronic marketplace offers a plurality of offerings to a plurality of regions via a plurality of versions of the site;

receiving a request from a user to access the particular version of the site;

receiving a request from the user and retrieving, based on the request, a region-specific version of an offering available in the region associated with the particular version of the site; and

presenting the region-specific version of the offering to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the region-specific version of an offering includes a region-specific product description.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the region-specific version of an offering includes a region-specific currency.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the region-specific version of an offering includes a language of a region associated with the particular version of the site.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the region-specific version of an offering includes a language of a region associated with the location of the user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the region-specific version of an offering includes customized presentation features.

7. A system comprising:

at least one module, executing on one or more computer processors, to;

provide a particular version of a site associated with an electronic marketplace, wherein the electronic marketplace offers a plurality of offerings to a plurality of regions via a plurality of versions of the site;

receive a request from a user to access the particular version of the site;

receive a request from the user and retrieve, based on the request, a region-specific version of an offering available in the region associated with the particular version of the site; and

present the region-specific version of the offering to the user.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the region-specific version of an offering includes a region-specific product description.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the region-specific version of an offering includes a region-specific currency.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the region-specific version of an offering includes a language of a region associated with the particular version of the site.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the region-specific version of an offering includes a language of a region associated with the location of the user.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the region-specific version of an offering includes customized presentation features.

13. A machine readable medium, including instructions, which when performed by a machine, causes the machine to perform the operations of:

providing a particular version of a site associated with an electronic marketplace, wherein the electronic marketplace offers a plurality of offerings to a plurality of regions via a plurality of versions of the site;

receiving a request from a user to access the particular version of the site;

receiving a request from the user and retrieving, based on the request, a region-specific version of an offering available in the region associated with the particular version of the site; and

presenting the region-specific version of the offering to the user.

14. The medium of claim 13, wherein the region-specific version of an offering includes a region-specific product description.

15. The medium of claim 13, wherein the region-specific version of an offering includes a region-specific currency.

16. The medium of claim 13, wherein the region-specific version of an offering includes a language of a region associated with the particular version of the site.

17. The medium of claim 13, wherein the region-specific version of an offering includes a language of a region associated with the location of the user.

18. The medium of claim 13, wherein the region-specific version of an offering includes customized presentation features.