Method and system to automatically qualify a party to participate within a network-based commerce transaction

• US 9,367,866 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2014
• Issued: 06/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Taylor, Jeffrey, Morin, Noel, Goodwine, Annette, Sze, Vicky, Hsin, James, Fung, Elaine, Shaviv, Vered, Maltzman, Reed
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheung, Mary
• Application Number:
  US14/286,212
• Publication Number:
  US 20140279226A1
• Time in Patent Office: 753 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0609 Buyer or seller confidence or verification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A method and system to automatically qualify a party to participate within a network-based commerce transaction is described. The system receives information from a first party. The information relates to an item to be transacted via a network-based commerce system. The system is further to receive, from a second party, a request to be qualified to transact the item via the network-based commerce system. The system is further to transmit, to the first party, a communication comprising information relating to the second party. The system is to further receive, from the first party, a response corresponding to the automatically generated communication and, responsive to receipt of the response, to automatically perform an authorization process based on the response.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more processors and executable instructions accessible on a computer-readable medium that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the one or more processors are configured to at least;

receive information, over a network, from a first party, information relating to an item to be transacted via a network-based commerce system;

receive navigation information, over a network, from a second party;

build a user interface based on the navigation information, the user interface comprising a rendering of at least one item being offered for sale on the network-based commerce system, the at least one item comprising an item identifier that identifies the item, the item identifier comprising a uniform resource locater (URL) that identifies the item on the network-based commerce system;

transmit the user interface, over a network, to a computing device that is associated with the second party, the user interface being enabled to communicate a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) put request that identifies the item responsive to receiving a selection that identifies the item;

receive the HTTP put request, from the computing device, the HTTP put request comprising the item identifier that identifies the item and a request to qualify the second party to transact the item via the network-based commerce system;

associate the item identifier with information relating to the second party;

transmit, over a network to the first party, a communication comprising the information relating to the second party;

receive, over a network from the first party, a response corresponding to the communication; and

responsive to receipt of the response, automatically perform an authorization process.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the response comprises one of an affirmation of qualification of the second party and a denial of qualification of the second party, and wherein the authorization process composes one of authorizing the second party to transact in the transaction process responsive to identifying the response affirms a qualification of the second party and denying authorization of the second party to transact in the transaction process responsive to identifying the response denies a qualification of the second party.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the information relating to the second party further comprises at least one of a credit score, bankruptcy filing information, a record of timeliness in payment history, a credit card brand name, a payment service brand name, and further information relating to the second party regarding the second party being obtained from a third party.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication further comprises a number of bid retractions initiated by the second party in the network-based commerce system and the response comprises a denial of qualification of the second party to transact in the transaction process responsive to identifying that the number of bid retractions exceeds a predetermined threshold.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the response comprises an affirmation of qualification for the second party to transact in the transaction process via the computer-based commerce system during a predetermined period of time.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the response comprises an affirmation of qualification for the second party to transact via the computer-based commerce system while at least one criterion is met by the second party during the transaction process for the item.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication further comprises a history of a number of rule violations of the computer-based commerce system that were issued against the second party, and wherein the response comprises a denial of qualification of the second party to transact in the transaction process responsive to identifying that the number of rule violations exceeds a predetermined amount.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication further comprises an amount of time that the second party has been registered with the network-based commerce system, and wherein the response comprises an affirmation of qualification for the second party to transact in the transaction process responsive to identifying that the amount of time the second party has been registered exceeds a predetermined amount.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication further comprises a relationship among a plurality of criteria, expressed with Boolean operators, and relating each of the plurality of criteria so as to define a criterion function.

10. A method comprising:

receiving information, over a network, from a first party, information relating to an item to be transacted via a network-based commerce system;

receiving navigation information, over a network, from a second party;

building a user interface based on the navigation information, the user interface comprising a rendering of at least one item being offered for sale on the network-based commerce system, the at least one item comprising the item comprising an item identifier that identifies the item, the item identifier comprising a uniform resource locater (URL) that identifies the item on the network-based commerce system;

transmitting the user interface, over a network, to a computing device that is associated with the second party, the user interface being enabled to communicate a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) put request that identifies the item responsive to receiving a selection that identifies the item;

receiving the HTTP put request, from the computing device, the HTTP put request comprising the item identifier that identifies the item and a request to qualify the second party to transact the item via the network-based commerce system;

associating the item identifier with information relating to the second party;

transmitting, over a network to the first party, a communication comprising the information relating to the second party;

receiving, over a network from the first party, a response corresponding to the communication; and

responsive to receiving the response, automatically performing an authorization process.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the response comprises one of an affirmation of qualification of the second party and a denial of qualification of the second party, and wherein the authorization process comprises one of authorizing the second party to transact in the transaction process responsive to identifying the response affirms a qualification of the second party and denying authorization of the second party to transact in the transaction process responsive to identifying the response denies a qualification of the second party.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the information relating to the second party further comprises at least one of a credit score, bankruptcy filing information, a record of timeliness in payment history, a credit card brand name, a payment service brand name, and further information relating to the second party regarding the second party being obtained from a third party.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the communication further comprises a number of bid retractions initiated by the second party in the network-based commerce system and the response comprises a denial of qualification of the second party to transact in the transaction process responsive to identifying the number of bid retractions exceeds a predetermined threshold.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the response comprises an affirmation of qualification for the second party to transact in the transaction process via the computer-based commerce system during a predetermined period of time.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the response comprises an affirmation of qualification for the second party to transact via the computer-based commerce system while at least one criterion is met by the second party during the transaction process for the item.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the communication further comprises a history of a number of rule violations within the computer-based commerce system initiated by the second party, and wherein the response comprises a denial of qualification of the second party to transact in the transaction process responsive to identifying the number of rule violations exceeds a predetermined amount.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the communication further comprises an amount of time that the second party has been registered with the network-based commerce system, and wherein the response comprises an affirmation of qualification for the second party to transact in the transaction process responsive to identifying the amount of time the second party has been registered exceeds a predetermined amount.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the communication further comprises a relationship among a plurality of criteria, expressed with Boolean operators, and relating each of the plurality of criteria so as to define a criterion function.

19. A machine-readable hardware storage memory tangibly embodying a program of instructions which, when executed by the machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving information, over a network, from a first party, information relating to an item to be transacted via a network-based commerce system;

receiving navigation information, over a network, from a second party;

building a user interface based on the navigation information, the user interface including a rendering of at least one item being offered for sale on the network-based commerce system, the at least one item comprising the item comprising an item identifier that identifies the item, the item identifier comprising a uniform resource locater (URL) that identifies the item on the network-based commerce system;

transmitting the user interface, over a network, to a computing device that is associated with the second party the user interface being enabled to communicate a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) put request that identifies the item responsive to receiving a selection that identities the item;

receiving the HTTP put request, from the computing device, the HTTP put request comprising the item identifier that identifies the item and a request to qualify the second arty to transact the item via the network-based commerce system;

transmitting, over a network to the first party, a communication comprising the information relating to the second party;

receiving, over a network from the first party, a response corresponding to the communication; and

responsive to receiving the response, automatically performing an authorization process.