Methods and Apparatuses for Sorting Lists for Presentation
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1. A method, comprising:
- identifying, via a computing device, a plurality of first advertisements, each having an indicator of potential revenue to a first party specified based upon price information for each respective first advertisement and a first percentage of first revenue generated by a listing of the first advertisement, the first percentage to be received by the first party according to a split of the first revenue between a first plurality of parties including the first party;
identifying, via the computing device, a plurality of second advertisements, each having the indicator of potential revenue to the first party specified based upon price information for each respective second advertisement and a second percentage of second revenue generated by a listing of the second advertisement, the second percentage to be received by the first party according to a split of the second revenue between a second plurality of parties, including the first party, the second plurality of parties being different from the first plurality of parties; and
sorting, via the computing device, the plurality of first advertisements along with the plurality of second advertisements, according to the indicator of potential revenue to the first party for each advertisement to create a sorted list.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for sorting seller listings or advertisements of a seller network. In one embodiment, a method includes: determining an indicator of potential revenue for a first party from price information of a list of entities, wherein revenue generated according to the price information of at least some of the list of entities is to be split among a plurality of parties; and, sorting the list of entities into a first list based at least partially on the indicator of potential revenue.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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identifying, via a computing device, a plurality of first advertisements, each having an indicator of potential revenue to a first party specified based upon price information for each respective first advertisement and a first percentage of first revenue generated by a listing of the first advertisement, the first percentage to be received by the first party according to a split of the first revenue between a first plurality of parties including the first party; identifying, via the computing device, a plurality of second advertisements, each having the indicator of potential revenue to the first party specified based upon price information for each respective second advertisement and a second percentage of second revenue generated by a listing of the second advertisement, the second percentage to be received by the first party according to a split of the second revenue between a second plurality of parties, including the first party, the second plurality of parties being different from the first plurality of parties; and sorting, via the computing device, the plurality of first advertisements along with the plurality of second advertisements, according to the indicator of potential revenue to the first party for each advertisement to create a sorted list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory machine readable medium containing instructions, which when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method, the method comprising:
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identifying a plurality of first advertisements, each having an indicator of potential revenue to a first party specified based upon price information for each respective first advertisement and a first percentage of first revenue generated by a listing of the first advertisement, the first percentage to be received by the first party according to a split of the first revenue between a first plurality of parties including the first party; identifying, via the computing device, a plurality of second advertisements, each having the indicator of potential revenue to the first party specified based upon price information for each respective second advertisement and a second percentage of second revenue generated by a listing of the second advertisement, the second percentage to be received by the first party according to a split of the second revenue between a second plurality of parties, including the first party, the second plurality of parties being different from the first plurality of parties; and sorting, via the computing device, the plurality of first advertisements along with the plurality of second advertisements, according to the indicator of potential revenue to the first party for each advertisement to create a sorted list.
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20. A system, comprising:
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a computing device configured to identify a plurality of first advertisements, each having an indicator of potential revenue to a first party specified based upon price information for each respective first advertisement and a first percentage of first revenue generated by a listing of the first advertisement, the first percentage to be received by the first party according to a split of the first revenue between a first plurality of parties including the first party; wherein the computing device is further configured to identify a plurality of second advertisements, each having the indicator of potential revenue to the first party specified based upon price information for each respective second advertisement and a second percentage of second revenue generated by a listing of the second advertisement, the second percentage to be received by the first party according to a split of the second revenue between a second plurality of parties, including the first party, the second plurality of parties being different from the first plurality of parties; and wherein the computing device is further configured to sort the plurality of first advertisements along with the plurality of second advertisements, according to the indicator of potential revenue to the first party for each advertisement to create a sorted list.
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