Generating and navigating streaming dynamic pricing information
First Claim
1. A method for providing an interactive linkage between a search engine and dynamic pricing content available on a computer network, the method comprising:
- receiving dynamic pricing information representing items available on the computer network, the items having a predetermined taxonomy classification encoded in a header for each item;
concentrating said encoded dynamic pricing information onto a concentration layer, said concentration layer having more than one output, at least one output having a selection based on the predetermined taxonomy classification for selecting dynamic pricing information from a category in the predetermined taxonomy, the category having at least one sub-category in the taxonomy classification schema;
organizing links to the received dynamic pricing information into a predetermined taxonomy; and
providing to the search engine a mapping between search requests and the predetermined taxonomy, the mapping comprising reference pointers to dynamic pricing content that can be returned in response to search requests at the search engine.
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Abstract
An interactive linkage between a search engine and dynamic pricing content available on a computer network can be provided by organizing links to dynamic pricing information (e.g., bid/ask pricing information) on the computer network into a predetermined taxonomy, and providing to the search engine a mapping between search requests and the predetermined taxonomy. The mapping includes reference pointers to dynamic pricing content that can be returned in response to search requests at the search engine. Accordingly, in response to a search request at the search engine, a reference pointer (e.g., an interactive link, a URL, a meta-tag and/or an index into a database) to dynamic pricing information corresponding to the search request can be returned.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing an interactive linkage between a search engine and dynamic pricing content available on a computer network, the method comprising:
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receiving dynamic pricing information representing items available on the computer network, the items having a predetermined taxonomy classification encoded in a header for each item;
concentrating said encoded dynamic pricing information onto a concentration layer, said concentration layer having more than one output, at least one output having a selection based on the predetermined taxonomy classification for selecting dynamic pricing information from a category in the predetermined taxonomy, the category having at least one sub-category in the taxonomy classification schema;
organizing links to the received dynamic pricing information into a predetermined taxonomy; and
providing to the search engine a mapping between search requests and the predetermined taxonomy, the mapping comprising reference pointers to dynamic pricing content that can be returned in response to search requests at the search engine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A dynamic pricing system comprising:
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one or more sources of dynamic pricing information representing items available on a computer network, the items having a predetermined taxonomy classification encoded in a header for each item;
a dynamic taxonomy, having a plurality of levels of detail for describing available items, for classifying the dynamic pricing information;
a mapping between the dynamic taxonomy and a fixed taxonomy employed by a search engine, wherein the mapping is applied to a starch request at the search engine to return a pointer to dynamic pricing information corresponding to the search request; and
a concentration layer for encoding dynamic pricing information, the concentration layer having more than one output, at least one output having a selection based on the predetermined taxonomy classification for selecting dynamic pricing information from a category in the predetermined taxonomy, the category having at least one sub-category in the taxonomy classification schema. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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