Method and apparatus for facilitating user selection of a category item in a transaction
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1. A method comprising:
- communicating available categories of listings of items in a networked marketplace system for presentation in an interactive category area of a user interface;
determining whether a selected category of the available categories of listings has related subcategories;
based on the determining indicating that the selected category has no related subcategories, providing an option to record a category number to associate with the selected category; and
based on an acceptance of the option, storing an association between the category number and the selected category in a database, the communicating, testing, providing, and storing being performed by one or more processors.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are facilitates category selection by user in a computerized auction. A category field is provided, containing a plurality of category entries used to categorize an item in the auction. One category entry is selected in the category field and at least one subcategory field is provided, containing a plurality of subcategory entries also used to categorize the item in the auction, the subcategory entries corresponding to the one selected category entry of the plurality of category entries. At least one subcategory entry corresponding to the one selected category entry is further selected in the at least one subcategory field for further processing.
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1. A method comprising:
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communicating available categories of listings of items in a networked marketplace system for presentation in an interactive category area of a user interface; determining whether a selected category of the available categories of listings has related subcategories; based on the determining indicating that the selected category has no related subcategories, providing an option to record a category number to associate with the selected category; and based on an acceptance of the option, storing an association between the category number and the selected category in a database, the communicating, testing, providing, and storing being performed by one or more processors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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3. The method 2, wherein the testing is performed by a module incorporated into a client application executing on a client system and the determining is performed by a module incorporated into a server application executing on a server system.
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8. A system comprising:
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one or more modules configured to, using one or processors, at least; communicate available categories of listings of items in a networked marketplace system for presentation in an interactive category area of a user interface; determine whether a selected category of the available categories of listings has related subcategories; based on the determining indicating that the selected category has no related subcategories, provide an option to record a category number to associate with the selected category; and based on an acceptance of the option, store an association between the category number and the selected category in a database, the communicating, testing, providing, and storing being performed by one or more processors. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a set of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:
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communicating available categories of listings of items in a networked marketplace system for presentation in an interactive category area of a user interface; determining whether a selected category of the available categories of listings has related subcategories; based on the determining indicating that the selected category has no related subcategories, providing an option to record a category number to associate with the selected category; and based on an acceptance of the option, storing an association between the category number and the selected category in a database, the communicating, testing, providing, and storing being performed by one or more processors. - View Dependent Claims (16, 18, 19, 20)
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17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium 16, wherein the testing is performed by a module incorporated into a client application executing on a client system and the determining is performed by a module incorporated into a server application executing on a server system.
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