Methods and apparatuses for sorting lists for presentation
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1. A computer implemented method, comprising:
- determining, via a computing device, an indicator of potential revenue for a first party from price information of a list of entities in a network of providers, wherein the indicator of potential revenue for each entity in the list of entities is based on a bid rate associated with the entity in combination with a percentage of the actual revenue the first party will receive when there is a split among the first party and a second party when a respective entity listing is provided to the first party from the second party and the percentage of the actual revenue the first party will receive when there is not a split among the first party and the second party because the respective entity listing is provided by the first party, respectively for each entity in the list of entities; and
sorting, via the computing device, the list of entities into a first list based on ranking the indicator of potential revenue for each entity.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for sorting seller listings or advertisements of a seller network. In one embodiment, a method includes: determining an indicator of potential revenue for a first party from price information of a list of entities, wherein revenue generated according to the price information of at least some of the list of entities is to be split among a plurality of parties; and, sorting the list of entities into a first list based at least partially on the indicator of potential revenue.
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1. A computer implemented method, comprising:
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determining, via a computing device, an indicator of potential revenue for a first party from price information of a list of entities in a network of providers, wherein the indicator of potential revenue for each entity in the list of entities is based on a bid rate associated with the entity in combination with a percentage of the actual revenue the first party will receive when there is a split among the first party and a second party when a respective entity listing is provided to the first party from the second party and the percentage of the actual revenue the first party will receive when there is not a split among the first party and the second party because the respective entity listing is provided by the first party, respectively for each entity in the list of entities; and sorting, via the computing device, the list of entities into a first list based on ranking the indicator of potential revenue for each entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory machine readable medium containing instructions which when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to perform a method, the method comprising:
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determining an indicator of potential revenue for a first party from price information of a list of entities in a network of providers, wherein the indicator of potential revenue for each entity in the list of entities is based on a bid rate associated with the entity in combination with a percentage of the actual revenue the first party will receive when there is a split among the first party and a second party when a respective entity listing is provided to the first party from the second party and the percentage of the actual revenue the first party will receive when there is not a split among the first party and the second party because the respective entity listing is provided by the first party, respectively for each entity in the list of entities; and sorting the list of entities into a first list based on ranking the indicator of potential revenue for each entity.
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20. A computer system, comprising at least one server configured to:
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determine an indicator of potential revenue for a first party from price information of a list of entities in a network of providers, wherein the indicator of potential revenue for each entity in the list of entities is based on a bid rate associated with the entity in combination with a percentage of the actual revenue the first party will receive when there is a split among the first party and a second party when a respective entity listing is provided to the first party from the second party and the percentage of the actual revenue the first party will receive when there is not a split among the first party and the second party because the respective entity listing is provided by the first party, respectively for each entity in the list of entities; and sort the list of entities into a first list based on ranking the indicator of potential revenue for each entity.
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