Method, system, and computer-readable medium for presenting user interface for comparison of marketplace listings

• US 9,448,718 B2
• Filed: 12/05/2012
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Howard, Dane, Abraham, Jack Phillip, Vosseller, Shannon B., Lenahan, Michael, Mitchell, Ben
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Jeffrey A
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEE, JENNIFER V
• Application Number:
  US13/705,427
• Publication Number:
  US 20130311335A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,385 Days
• Field of Search: 705 261- 272
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0625 Directed, with specific intent or strategy
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0629 for generating comparisons
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

After marketplace listings are returned via a search, an indication of two or more of the marketplace results to pin and compare is received. A travel cost for any pinned local marketplace result to compare is calculated by determining a travel distance between the electronic device and the location in the pinned local marketplace result to compare and estimating a cost associated with traveling the travel distance. A true purchase price is calculated for each pinned local marketplace result to compare by adding the price for the product, the sales tax, and the travel cost. A true purchase price for each pinned online marketplace result to compare by adding the price for the product, the sales tax, and the shipping cost, these true purchase prices are then displayed side-by-side in the user interface.

Claims

1. A method of providing a user interface, the method comprising:

receiving search parameters from the touchscreen user interface on a mobile electronic device;

performing a search on a plurality of marketplace listings using the search parameters and returning local marketplace results, the local marketplace results each including a retailer identification, location, and a price for a product;

creating a first page containing the local marketplace results and for display in the touchscreen user interface, the first page including an interactive button next to each local marketplace result;

receiving an indication, via a plurality of the interactive buttons, from the touchscreen user interface of two or more of the local marketplace results to pin and compare, the indication including a selection of the two or more of the local marketplace results to pin and compare from the local marketplace results, the pinning including marking the two or more of the local marketplace results for future comparison with one another;

calculating a travel cost for any pinned local marketplace result to compare by determining a travel distance between the mobile electronic device and the location in the pinned local marketplace result to compare and estimating a cost associated with traveling the travel distance;

determining sales tax for each pinned local marketplace result to compare;

calculating a true purchase price for each pinned local marketplace result to compare by adding the price for the product, the sales tax, and the travel cost;

determining, for each attribute of a plurality of attributes for the pinned local marketplace results, whether a value for an attribute for a first of the pinned local marketplace results differs from a value for the same type of attribute for a second of the pinned local marketplace results, the plurality of attributes including the true purchase price and at least one other category of specifications about the pinned local marketplace results;

creating a second page depicting attributes, including true purchase price, of the first of the pinned local marketplace results, the second page containing a visual indication that the value of an attribute of the first of the pinned local marketplace results differs from a value for the same type of attribute of the second of the pinned local marketplace results;

creating a third page depicting attributes, including true purchase price, of the second of the pinned local marketplace results, the third page containing a visual indication that the value of an attribute of the second of the pinned local marketplace results differs from a value for the same type of attribute of the first of the pinned local marketplace results;

the creating of the second and third pages performed such that every attribute of a pinned local marketplace result displayed on the second and third pages is displayed on a row in the second page that is the same as a row on the third page, so that each attribute on the second page lines up horizontally with the same type of attribute on the third page;

causing the second page to be displayed in the touchscreen user interface; and

in response to a swipe-left gesture detected by the touchscreen user interface, causing the second page to be scrolled out of the touchscreen user interface by gradually moving the second page to the left and removing any portion of the second page that falls outside the boundaries of the touchscreen user interface due to the moving while simultaneously causing the third page to be scrolled into the touchscreen user interface by gradually moving the third page leftwards into the touchscreen user interface until it is completely displayed in the touchscreen user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the cost associated with traveling the travel distance includes fuel cost.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the fuel cost takes into account a type of vehicle operated by a user of the mobile electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the cost associated with traveling the travel distance includes toll fees.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the cost associated with traveling the travel distance includes public transportation costs.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing the search includes passing the search parameters to a server which conducts a query on a marketplace database using the search parameters.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising;

calculating a total cost to return for each of the pinned marketplace results to compare; and

adding the total cost to return to each of the true purchase prices for the pinned marketplace results to compare.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the calculating the total cost to return includes, for at least one of the pinned local marketplace results to compare, adding any restocking fee to the travel cost.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the calculating the total cost to return includes, for at least one of the pinned local marketplace results to compare, adding any restocking fee to a cost to ship a return parcel.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

upon receiving a pinch to zoom command from the touchscreen user interface, breaking down the true purchase price into individual constituent costs and displaying the individual constituent costs for each of the pinned marketplace results to compare horizontally side-by-side.

11. A system comprising:

a marketplace database comprising a hardware memory containing a plurality of marketplace listings;

a web server comprising one or more processors and configured to;

receive search parameters from the touchscreen user interface on a mobile electronic device;

perform a search on a plurality of marketplace listings using the search parameters and returning local marketplace results, the local marketplace results each including a retailer identification, location, and a price for a product;

create a first page containing the local marketplace results and for display in the touchscreen user interface, the first page including an interactive button next to each local marketplace result;

receive an indication, via a plurality of the interactive buttons, from the touchscreen user interface of two or more of the local marketplace results to pin and compare, the indication including a selection of the two or more of the local marketplace results to pin and compare from the local marketplace results, the pinning including marking the two or more of the local marketplace results for future comparison with one another;

calculate a travel cost for any pinned local marketplace result to compare by determining a travel distance between the mobile electronic device and the location in the pinned local marketplace result to compare and estimating a cost associated with traveling the travel distance;

determine sales tax for each pinned local marketplace result to compare;

calculate a true purchase price for each pinned local marketplace result to compare by adding the price for the product, the sales tax, and the travel cost;

determine, for each attribute of a plurality of attributes for the pinned local marketplace results, whether a value for an attribute for a first of the pinned local marketplace results differs from a value for the same type of attribute for a second of the pinned local marketplace results, the plurality of attributes including the true purchase price and at least one other category of specifications about the pinned local marketplace results;

create a second page depicting attributes, including true purchase price, of the first of the pinned local marketplace results, the second page containing a visual indication that the value of an attribute of the first of the pinned local marketplace results differs from a value for the same type of attribute of the second of the pinned local marketplace results;

create a third page depicting attributes, including true purchase price, of the second of the pinned local marketplace results, the third page containing a visual indication that the value of an attribute of the second of the pinned local marketplace results differs from a value for the same type of attribute of the first of the pinned local marketplace results;

the creating of the second and third pages performed such that every attribute of a pinned local marketplace result displayed on the second and third pages is displayed on a row in the second page that is the same as a row on the third page, so that each attribute on the second page lines up horizontally with the same type of attribute on the third page;

causing the second page to be displayed in the touchscreen user interface; and

in response to a swipe-left gesture detected by the touchscreen user interface, causing the second page to be scrolled out of the touchscreen user interface by gradually moving the second page to the left and removing any portion of the second page that falls outside the boundaries of the touchscreen user interface due to the moving while simultaneously causing the third page to be scrolled into the touchscreen user interface by gradually moving the third page leftwards into the touchscreen user interface until it is completely displayed in the touchscreen user interface.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising a map database and wherein the calculating the travel cost includes accessing the map database to determine a quickest route between the electronic device and the location in the pinned local marketplace result.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising a traffic database and wherein the calculating the travel cost includes utilizing the traffic database in estimating the cost associated with traveling the travel distance.

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

receiving search parameters from the touchscreen user interface on a mobile electronic device;

performing a search on a plurality of marketplace listings using the search parameters and returning local marketplace results, the local marketplace results each including a retailer identification, location, and a price for a product;

creating a first page containing the local marketplace results and for display in the touchscreen user interface, the first page including an interactive button next to each local marketplace result;

receiving an indication, via a plurality of the interactive buttons, from the touchscreen user interface of two or more of the local marketplace results to pin and compare, the indication including a selection of the two or more of the local marketplace results to pin and compare from the local marketplace results, the pinning including marking the two or more of the local marketplace results for future comparison with one another;

calculating a travel cost for any pinned local marketplace result to compare by determining a travel distance between the mobile electronic device and the location in the pinned local marketplace result to compare and estimating a cost associated with traveling the travel distance;

determining sales tax for each pinned local marketplace result to compare;

calculating a true purchase price for each pinned local marketplace result to compare by adding the price for the product, the sales tax, and the travel cost;

determining, for each attribute of a plurality of attributes for the pinned local marketplace results, whether a value for an attribute for a first of the pinned local marketplace results differs from a value for the same type of attribute for a second of the pinned local marketplace results, the plurality of attributes including the true purchase price and at least one other category of specifications about the pinned local marketplace results;

creating a second page depicting attributes, including true purchase price, of the first of the pinned local marketplace results, the second page containing a visual indication that the value of an attribute of the first of the pinned local marketplace results differs from a value for the same type of attribute of the second of the pinned local marketplace results;

creating a third page depicting attributes, including true purchase price, of the second of the pinned local marketplace results, the third page containing a visual indication that the value of an attribute of the second of the pinned local marketplace results differs from a value for the same type of attribute of the first of the pinned local marketplace results;

the creating of the second and third pages performed such that every attribute of a pinned local marketplace result displayed on the second and third pages is displayed on a row in the second page that is the same as a row on the third page, so that each attribute on the second page lines up horizontally with the same type of attribute on the third page;

causing the second page to be displayed in the touchscreen user interface; and

in response to a swipe-left gesture detected by the touchscreen user interface, causing the second page to be scrolled out of the touchscreen user interface by gradually moving the second page to the left and removing any portion of the second page that falls outside the boundaries of the touchscreen user interface due to the moving while simultaneously causing the third page to be scrolled into the touchscreen user interface by gradually moving the third page leftwards into the touchscreen user interface until it is completely displayed in the touchscreen user interface.