Customizing an application
First Claim
1. A method executing on a server computer comprising:
- receiving a connection request from a seller application that is customizable by configuration information that includes a hierarchal product category structure for generating a listing for a product for sale, the seller application executing on a client machine;
determining that the seller application has not been customized by a current version of the configuration information;
transmitting the current version of the configuration information to the seller application,receiving, from the seller application, a product listing request and a configuration confirmation, the configuration confirmation indicating the seller application on the client machine has been configured using the current version of the configuration information to include the hierarchal product category structure; and
generating a product listing using the product listing request.
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Abstract
A system is configured to perform a method of customizing an application. The method includes receiving a connection from a client machine that is executing an application configurable by configuration information. The method also includes determining that the application has not been customized by the configuration information. The method further includes transmitting the configuration information to the client machine in response to the determining that the application has not been customized by the configuration information. In response to the transmitting of the configuration information, the application is configured to include a category structure for the application. In some example embodiments, the configuration information includes a software module upgrade of the application.
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1. A method executing on a server computer comprising:
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receiving a connection request from a seller application that is customizable by configuration information that includes a hierarchal product category structure for generating a listing for a product for sale, the seller application executing on a client machine; determining that the seller application has not been customized by a current version of the configuration information; transmitting the current version of the configuration information to the seller application, receiving, from the seller application, a product listing request and a configuration confirmation, the configuration confirmation indicating the seller application on the client machine has been configured using the current version of the configuration information to include the hierarchal product category structure; and generating a product listing using the product listing request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a server machine, cause the server machine to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a connection request from a seller application that is customizable by configuration information that includes a hierarchal product category structure for generating a listing for a product for sale, the seller application executing on a client machine; determining that the seller application has not been customized by a current version of the configuration information; and transmitting the current version of the configuration information to the seller application; receiving, from the seller application, a product listing request and a configuration confirmation, the configuration confirmation indicating the seller application on the client machine has been configured using the current version of the configuration information to include the hierarchal product category structure; and generating a product listing using the product listing request. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A system comprising:
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a communicator module configured to receive a connection request from a seller application that is customizable by configuration information that includes a hierarchal product category structure for generating a listing for a product for sale using, the seller application executing on a client machine; an upgrade control module; and a processor configured by the upgrade control module to determine that the seller application has not been customized by a current version of the configuration information, the upgrade control module configuring the processor to; transmit the a current version of the configuration information the seller application; receive, from the seller application, a product listing request and a configuration confirmation, the configuration confirmation indicating the seller application on the client machine has been configured using the current version of the configuration information to include the hierarchal product category structure; and generate a product listing using the product listing request. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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