CUSTOMIZING AN APPLICATION
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Abstract
A system is configured to perform a method of customizing an application. The method includes receiving a connection from a client machine that is executing an application configurable by configuration information. The method also includes determining that the application has not been customized by the configuration information. The method further includes transmitting the configuration information to the client machine in response to the determining that the application has not been customized by the configuration information. In response to the transmitting of the configuration information, the application is configured to include a category structure for the application. In some example embodiments, the configuration information includes a software module upgrade of the application.
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1. (canceled)
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2. A method of providing an updatable seller application to a client machine comprising:
communicating the seller application over a network to the client machine for installation on the client machine, the seller application comprising code executable at the client machine to; send a connection request from the seller application that is customizable by configuration information that includes a hierarchal product category structure for generating a listing for a product for sale; when the seller application has not been customized by a current version of the configuration information, receive the current version of the configuration information from a network-based transaction facility; and send a product listing request and a configuration confirmation to the network-based transaction facility, the configuration confirmation indicating the seller application has been configured using the current version of the configuration information to include the hierarchal product category structure. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A client machine system comprising:
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a communicator module configured to send a connection request from a seller application that is customizable by configuration information that includes a hierarchal product category structure for generating a listing for a product for sale, the seller application executing on a client machine; an upgrade control module; and a processor configured by the upgrade control module to; when the seller application has not been customized by a current version of the configuration information, receive the current version of the configuration information from a network-based transaction facility; and send a product listing request and a configuration confirmation to the network-based transaction facility, the configuration confirmation indicating the seller application has been configured using the current version of the configuration information to include the hierarchal product category structure. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method executing by a seller application on a seller computer comprising:
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sending a connection request from the seller application that is customizable by configuration information that includes a hierarchal product category structure for generating a listing for a product for sale; when the seller application has not been customized by a current version of the configuration information, receiving the current version of the configuration information from a network-based transaction facility; and sending a product listing request and a configuration confirmation to the network-based transaction facility, the configuration confirmation indicating the seller application has been configured using the current version of the configuration information to include the hierarchal product category structure. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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Specification