Multi-picture online commerce feature

• US 7,418,412 B2
• Filed: 11/16/2007
• Issued: 08/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Michael Schwartzman
• Original Assignee: Michael Schwartzman
• Inventors: Schwartzman, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): ZURITA, JAMES H
• Application Number:
  US11/941,400
• Publication Number:
  US 20080086389A1
• Time in Patent Office: 284 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26, 705/37
• US Class Current: 705/27.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0625 Directed, with specific intent or strategy
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A software application that provides images of multiple items associated by a common seller on an on-line commerce network comprising query software for automatically retrieving from a list all items associated by a common seller from a server, retrieving the location of an image of each item and retrieving the image of each item after a user has identified an item being sold by the seller from a list, display software for automatically displaying the retrieved images as thumbnail images with an image map layer containing each location on the server of a file associated with each thumbnail image. The invention also comprises a method of doing the same.

Claims

1. A method of enhancing an on-line commerce network comprising the steps of:

compiling a list of all items associated with a seller from a list of sellers on an on-line sales server;

retrieving detail information of one of the items, said detail information from an image server;

parsing an image from said detail information and creating unique master image coordinates for said parsed image;

storing a detail query and image location in an image map file;

repeating said steps of retrieving, parsing, and storing until a predetermined number of items from the list is processed; and

creating a master image of all parsed images, wherein said detail information of one of the parsed images is obtained using said master image coordinates.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the network is Web based.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of sorting the parsed images by a date posted on the network.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of eliminating the parsed images based on a predetermined term.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising the step of updating the parsed images after the predetermined term.

6. A computer readable medium having computer readable program for operating on a computer for enhancing an on-line commerce network, said program comprising instructions that cause the computer to perform the steps of:

compiling a list of all items associated with a seller from a list of sellers on an on-line sales server;

retrieving detail information of one of the items, said detail information from an image server;

parsing an image from said detail information and creating unique master image coordinates for said parsed image;

storing a detail query and image location in an image map file;

repeating said steps of retrieving, parsing, and storing until a predetermined number of items from the list is processed; and

creating a master image of all parsed images, wherein said detail information of one of the parsed images is obtained using said master image coordinates.

7. The computer readable program according to claim 6, wherein:

the network is Web based.

8. The computer readable program according to claim 6, wherein:

the parsed images are sorted by a date posted on the network.

9. The computer readable program according to claim 6, wherein:

the parsed images are eliminated based on a predetermined term.

10. The computer readable program according to claim 9, wherein:

the parsed images are updated after the predetermined term.

11. A system for enhancing an on-line commerce network, comprising:

a list of all items associated with a seller from a list of sellers on an on-line sales server;

an image server having detail information for each of the items, each detail information having an image and unique master image coordinates for said image;

an image map file having a detail query and image location;

a master image of all images, wherein said detail information of one of the images is obtained using said master image coordinates; and

a processor adapted to perform the steps of;

compiling a list of all items associated with a seller from a list of sellers on an on-line sales server;

retrieving detail information of one of the items, said detail information from an image server;

parsing an image from said detail information and creating unique master image coordinates for said parsed image;

storing a detail query and image location in an image map file;

repeating said steps of retrieving, parsing, and storing until a predetermined number of items from the list is processed; and

creating a master image of all parsed images, wherein said detail information of one of the parsed images is obtained using said master image coordinates.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein:

the network is Web based.

13. The system according to claim 11, wherein:

the images are sorted by a date posted on the network.

14. The system according to claim 11, wherein:

the images are eliminated based on a predetermined term.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein:

the images are updated after the predetermined term.