Method and system for automatically updating search results on an online auction site
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- automatically searching a plurality of item postings maintained by an online commerce site based upon one or more user-specific search criteria, the searching to produce one or more current search results identifying at least one of the plurality of item postings that satisfies the one or more user-specific search criteria;
comparing the one or more current search results with search results from a previous search, the comparing to find new item postings and modified item postings in the one or more current search results as compared to the search results from the previous search; and
sending notification of a result of the comparing to a user, wherein the one or more user-specific search criteria comprise user-provided data identifying an item posting category.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method and system for updating searches on an online auction site are described. In one embodiment, a database of auction postings is automatically searched based upon at least one search criteria to produce at least one new search result. The at least one new search result is compared with at least one previous search result. In addition, an e-mail notification of the result of the comparison is sent to a user notifying a user of the comparison.
57 Citations
35 Claims
-
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
-
automatically searching a plurality of item postings maintained by an online commerce site based upon one or more user-specific search criteria, the searching to produce one or more current search results identifying at least one of the plurality of item postings that satisfies the one or more user-specific search criteria; comparing the one or more current search results with search results from a previous search, the comparing to find new item postings and modified item postings in the one or more current search results as compared to the search results from the previous search; and sending notification of a result of the comparing to a user, wherein the one or more user-specific search criteria comprise user-provided data identifying an item posting category. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
-
-
12. A system comprising:
-
means for automatically searching a plurality of item postings maintained by an online commerce site, the searching based upon one or more user-specific search criteria to produce one or more current search results identifying at least one of the plurality of item postings that satisfies the one or more user-specific search criteria; means for comparing the one or more current search results with search results from a previous search, the comparing to find new item postings and modified item postings in the one or more current search results as compared to the search results from the previous search; and means for sending notification of a result of the comparing to a user, wherein the one or more user-specific search criteria comprise user-provided data identifying an item posting category. - View Dependent Claims (13)
-
-
14. A computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed on a processor, perform a method comprising:
-
automatically searching a plurality of item postings maintained by an online commerce site based upon one or more user-specific search criteria, the searching to produce one or more current search results identifying at least one of the plurality of item postings that satisfies the one or more user-specific search criteria; comparing the one or more current search results with search results from a previous search, the comparing to find new item postings and modified item postings in the one or more current search results as compared to the search results from the previous search; and sending notification of a result of the comparing to a user, wherein the one or more user-specific search criteria comprise user-provided data identifying an item posting category. - View Dependent Claims (15)
-
-
16. A system comprising:
-
an update notification engine configured to automatically search a plurality of item postings maintained by an online commerce site based upon one or more user-specific search criteria, the search to produce one or more current search results identifying at least one of the plurality of item postings that satisfies the one or more user-specific search criteria, the update notification engine to compare the one or more current search results with search results from a previous search, the compare to find new item postings and modified item postings in the one or more current search results as compared to the search results from the previous search; and a notification module to send notification of a result of the compare to a user, wherein the one or more user-specific search criteria comprise user-provided data identifying an item posting category. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
-
-
25. An apparatus comprising:
-
a memory; at least one processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to automatically search a plurality of item postings maintained by an online commerce site based upon one or more user-specific search criteria, the search to produce one or more current search results identifying at least one of the plurality of item postings that satisfies the one or more user-specific search criteria, the processor to compare the one or more current search results with search results from a previous search, the compare to find new item postings and modified item postings in the one or more current search results as compared to the search results from the previous search, and to send notification of a result of the compare to a user, wherein the one or more user-specific search criteria comprise user-provided data identifying an item posting category. - View Dependent Claims (26)
-
-
27. A method of displaying search information related to an online commerce site, the method comprising:
-
displaying a prompt to input one or more user-specific search criteria using a graphical user interface (GUI), the one or more user-specific search criteria comprising user-provided data identifying an item posting category and being used to automatically search a plurality of item postings to produce one or more current search results identifying at least one of the plurality of item postings that satisfies the one or more user-specific search criteria, the one or more current search results being compared with search results from a previous search to find new item postings and modified item postings in the one or more current search results as compared to the search results from the previous search; and displaying a result of the being compared on the GUI. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
-
-
30. A computerized method comprising:
-
performing, based on a user-specific search criterion, a first search of a first plurality of items posted for sale on an online commerce site to produce a first set of search results; storing the first set of search results and the user-specific search criterion; performing, based on the stored user-specific search criterion, a second search of a second plurality of items posted for sale on the online commerce site to produce a second set of search results; determining new items posted for sale and modified items posted for sale in the second set of search results as compared to the first set of search results; and transmitting a notification of a result of the determining, wherein the user-specific search criterion comprises user-provided data identifying an item posting category. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
-
Specification