Sharing information on a network-based social platform

• US 9,037,503 B2
• Filed: 03/04/2013
• Issued: 05/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Ho, Yuan Der, Chong, Choon, Skyberg, Rolf, Trachtenberg, Adam, Okubo, Trisha Lee, Law, Philip, Macini, Massimiliano
• Primary Examiner(s): STOPP, COURTNEY L
• Application Number:
  US13/783,583
• Publication Number:
  US 20130179948A1
• Time in Patent Office: 806 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26.1, 705/27.1, 705/319, 705/26.7
• US Class Current: 705/26.8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15

Abstract

A system and method for sharing information on a network-based social platform is provided. An indication is received from a first user to share information regarding an item on a network-based social platform. The network-based social platform is a platform that allows the first user to communicative couple with other users of the network-based social platform. Profile information of the first user is accessed. A determination of whether the first user is authorized to share the information is made. Based on the first user being authorized, an identifier for the item is added to a list of recommended items that is accessible view the network-based social platform.

Claims

1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving a search request from a first user;

causing presentation of a user interface to a first user, the user interface displaying a search result based on the search request including information regarding an item selected by the first user to be shared with a second user via a network-based social platform, the network-based social platform being a platform that allows the first user to share information with other users of the network-based social platform based on a level of trust;

receiving a selection of the second user from a plurality of users presented on the user interface to the first user;

accessing a profile of the first user to determine whether the first user is authorized to share the information regarding the item on the network-based social platform with the second user;

determining that the first user is authorized to share the information regarding the item with the second user; and

based on the determining that the first user is authorized to share the information regarding the item with the second user, adding an identifier for the item to a list of recommended items that is recommended to the second user.

2. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the item is a publication that is published to the network-based social platform.

3. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the determining comprises determining that the first user is authorized to share the information based on relationship information in the profile of the first user that identifies a predetermined relationship between the first user and the second user on the network-based social platform.

4. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the search request comprises a keyword search request.

5. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

monitoring for a change to the information regarding the item; and

based on detecting the change, updating the information regarding the item being shared with the second user.

6. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a request from the second user to view the list; and

based on the second user being authorized to view the list, causing presentation of the list to a device of the second user.

7. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise causing presentation of the list in a user interface of the network-based social platform.

8. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the level of trust is based on a pre-established relationship that is stored in the profile of the first user at the network-based social platform.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein

the item is a listing of a product for sale in a network-based marketplace,

the adding the identifier for the item to the list of recommended items comprises adding the identifier for the item to a watch list used to monitor the item on the network-based social platform, and

the operations further comprise monitoring for a change to the information regarding the item and updating the watch list in response to detecting the change.

10. A method comprising:

receiving a search request from a first user;

causing presentation of a user interface to a first user, the user interface displaying a search result based on the search request including information regarding an item selected by the first user to be shared with a second user via a network-based social platform, the network-based social platform being a platform that allows the first user to share information with other users of the network-based social platform based on a level of trust;

receiving a selection of the second user from a plurality of users presented on the user interface to the first user;

accessing, by a processor of a machine, a profile of the first user to determine whether the first user is authorized to share the information regarding the item on the network-based social platform with the second user;

determining that the first user is authorized to share the information regarding the item with the second user; and

based on the determining that the first user is authorized to share the information regarding the item with the second user, adding an identifier for the item to a list of recommended items that is recommended to the second user.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the item is a publication that is published to the network-based social platform.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the determining comprises determining that the first user is authorized to share the information based on relationship information in the profile of the first user that identifies a predetermined relationship between the first user and the second user on the network-based social platform.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the search request comprises a keyword search request.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

monitoring for a change to the information regarding the item; and

based on detecting the change, updating the information regarding the item being shared with the second user.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving a request from the second user to view the list; and

based on the second user being authorized to view the list, causing presentation of the list to a device of the second user.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising causing presentation of the list in a user interface of the network-based social platform.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the level of trust is based on a pre-established relationship that is stored in the profile of the first user at the network-based social platform.

18. A system comprising:

means for receiving a search request from a first user;

means for causing presentation of a user interface to a first user, the user interface displaying a search result based on the search request including information regarding an item selected by the first user to be shared with a second user via a network-based social platform, the network-based social platform being a platform that allows the first user to share information with other users of the network-based social platform based on a level of trust;

means for receiving a selection of the second user from a plurality of users presented on the user interface to the first user;

a processor of a machine configure to determine that the first user is authorized to share the information regarding the item on the network-based social platform with the second user based on a profile of the first user; and

means for adding an identifier for the item to a list of recommended items that is recommended to the second user based on the first user being authorized to share the information regarding the item with the second user.