Information presentation and management in an online trading environment
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1. A method of managing images between multiple computers in communication over a network comprising the steps of:
- receiving a first registration for a first product from a first computer over the network, the first registration including a first product description and a first image location of the first product, the first image location referencing a first storage computer on the network;
receiving a second registration for a second product from a second computer over the network, the second registration including a second product description and a second image location of the second product, the second image location referencing a second storage computer on the network;
retrieving the first image from the first storage computer based on the first image location;
producing a first thumbnail image from the first image;
retrieving the second image from second first storage computer based on the second image location;
producing a second thumbnail image from the second image; and
presenting a web page to a third computer that includes the first and second thumbnail images.
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Abstract
A method includes receiving, from a user, publication data to be published and location data identifying a storage location at which an image to be associated with the publication data is stored. The image to be included in the publication data is retrieved from the storage location identified by the location data. A reduced-size image using the retrieved image is generated and the reduced-size image is aggregated with further reduced-size images for presentation at a remote site.
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1. A method of managing images between multiple computers in communication over a network comprising the steps of:
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receiving a first registration for a first product from a first computer over the network, the first registration including a first product description and a first image location of the first product, the first image location referencing a first storage computer on the network; receiving a second registration for a second product from a second computer over the network, the second registration including a second product description and a second image location of the second product, the second image location referencing a second storage computer on the network; retrieving the first image from the first storage computer based on the first image location; producing a first thumbnail image from the first image; retrieving the second image from second first storage computer based on the second image location; producing a second thumbnail image from the second image; and presenting a web page to a third computer that includes the first and second thumbnail images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of facilitating electronic commerce over a network comprising the steps of:
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using one or more processors to execute instructions retained in machine-readable media to perform at least some portion of the following steps receiving a first registration for a first product from a first computer over the network, the first registration including a first product description and a first image location of the first product, the first image location referencing a first storage computer on the network; receiving a second registration for a second product from a second computer over the network, the second registration including a second product description and a second image location of the second product, the second image location referencing a second storage computer on the network; retrieving the first image from the first storage computer based on the first image location; producing a first thumbnail image from the first image; retrieving the second image from second first storage computer based on the second image location; producing a second thumbnail image from the second image; and presenting a web page to a buyer computer that includes the first and second thumbnail images. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer storage device containing instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform operations comprising:
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receiving a first registration for a first product from a first computer over the network, the first registration including a first product description and a first image location of the first product, the first image location referencing a first storage computer on the network; receiving a second registration for a second product from a second computer over the network, the second registration including a second product description and a second image location of the second product, the second image location referencing a second storage computer on the network; retrieving the first image from the first storage computer based on the first image location; producing a first thumbnail image from the first image; retrieving the second image from second first storage computer based on the second image location; producing a second thumbnail image from the second image; and presenting a web page to a buyer computer that includes the first and second thumbnail images. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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