ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES IN NETWORK-BASED COMMERCE FACILITY

• US 20100280917A1
• Filed: 07/09/2010
• Published: 11/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Wilson, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 8,050,981 B2
• Time in Patent Office: 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 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

Some embodiments provide a method and a system for receiving selection of a plurality of entities in the network-based facility from an administrator, receiving selection of an action from the administrator, and applying the selected action to each entity in the plurality of entities.

Claims

1. In a networked-based facility, a computer-implemented administration method comprising:

receiving selection of a plurality of entities in the network-based facility from an administrator;

receiving selection of an action from the administrator; and

applying the selected action to each entity in the plurality of entities.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein applying the selected action includes batch processing the selected entities in accordance with the selected action.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein applying the selected action includes invoking an administrative application to perform the selected action on the selected entities.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected action includes associating an administrative note with each entity.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of entities include a user account of the network-based facility.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of entities include an item offered for auction via the network-based facility.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of entities include an item listing being offered by auction via the network-based facility.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the selected action is to end the auction of the item listing.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of entities include an administrative note associated with the network-based facility.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the selected action is to remove the administrative note.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving selection of a plurality of entities includes prompting the administrator, via a user interface, to enter a list of entities.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of entities are selected based on an association of the plurality of entities with an entity that is not within the plurality of entities.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the entity that is not within the plurality of entities is a user of the network-based facility and the plurality of entities are auctions offered via the network-based facility, the auctions being associated with the user.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving selection of an action includes prompting the administrator, via a user interface, to select the action from a set of pre-defined actions for the plurality of entities.

15. A system including:

a computing device; and

an administrative application, executing on the computing device, the administrative application configured to;

receive selection of a plurality of entities in a network-based facility from an administrator;

receive selection of an action from the administrator; and

apply the selected action to each entity in the plurality of entities.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein to apply the selected action includes batch processing the selected entities in accordance with the selected action.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein to apply the selected action includes invoking an administrative application to perform the action on the selected entities.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the selected action includes associating an administrative note with each entity.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the plurality of entities include a user account of the network-based facility.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the plurality of entities include an item offered for auction via the network-based facility.

21. The system of claim 15, wherein the plurality of entities include an item listing being offered by auction via the network-based facility.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the selected action is to end the auction of the item listing.

23. The system of claim 15, wherein the plurality of entities include an administrative note associated with the network-based facility.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the selected action is to remove the administrative note.

25. The system of claim 15, wherein to receive selection of a plurality of entities includes prompting the administrator, via a user interface, to enter a list of entities.

26. The system of claim 15, wherein the plurality of entities are selected based on an association of the plurality of entities with an entity that is not within the plurality of entities.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the entity that is not within the plurality of entities is a user of the network-based facility and the plurality of entities are auctions offered via the network-based facility, the auctions being associated with the user.

28. The system of claim 15, wherein to receive selection of an action includes prompting the administrator, via a user interface, to select the action from a set of pre-defined actions for the plurality of entities.

29. A non-transitory tangible machine-readable medium embodying instructions, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method including:

receiving selection of a plurality of entities in the network-based facility from an administrator;

receiving selection of an action from the administrator; and

applying the selected action to each entity in the plurality of entities.