Method and system for providing a record

• US 8,732,037 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2012
• Issued: 05/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Boone, Barry, Sacco, Nathan, Chard, Rhys
• Primary Examiner(s): Pond, Rob
• Application Number:
  US13/550,233
• Publication Number:
  US 20120284304A1
• Time in Patent Office: 673 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26, 705/27
• US Class Current: 705/27.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

A method to facilitate network-based commerce includes determining a site that a user accesses, the site being one of multiple sites operated by a network-based commerce facility. A category list available for the site is retrieved, the category list identifying categories of offerings available via the site. The category list is communicated to the user. The site is a regional site, and the category list is a region-specific category list.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more processors;

a listing module that configures a processor among the one or more processors to generate summary records that summarize full item records;

a parser module that configures a processor among the one or more processors to receive a request from a user and indicative of a geographic region; and

a view module that configures a processor among the one or more processors to present at least part of a full item record among the full item records based on the generated summary records that summarize the full item records and based on the geographic region in response to the received request.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a kernel module that configures a processor among the one or more processors to determine the geographic region based on the received request.

3. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a kernel module that configures a processor among die one or more processors to access a category list that corresponds to the geographic region indicated by the request and identifies a category to which the full item record belongs; and

wherein

the view module is configured to present at least the part of the full item record based on the category list that corresponds to the geographic region.

4. A method comprising:

generating summary records that summarize full item records,

the generating of the summary records being performed by a machine;

receiving a request from a user and indicative of a geographic region; and

presenting at least part of a full item record among the full item records based on the generated summary records that summarize the full item records and based on the geographic region in response to the received request.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein:

the generating of the summary records generates first records that summarize the full item records,

the first records including second records that summarize a portion of the full item records; and

the presenting of at least the part of the full item record among the full item records is based on the second records that summarize the portion of the full item records.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein:

the generating of the summary records generates a file that includes the summary records that summarize the full item records; and

the presenting of at least the part of the full item record among the full item records is based on the file that includes the summary records that summarize the full item records.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein:

the generating of the summary records generates a map file that organizes the summary records into groups; and

the presenting of at least the part of the full item record among the full item records is based on the map file that organizes the summary records into groups.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein:

the map file organizes a portion of the summary records into a group that corresponds to the geographic region indicated by the request; and

the presenting of at least the part of the full item record is based on the group that corresponds to the geographic region.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein:

the map file organizes a portion of the summary records into a group that corresponds to a currency used in the geographic region; and

the presenting of at least the part of the full item record is based on the group that corresponds to the currency.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein:

the map file organizes a portion of the summary records into a group that corresponds to a shipment availability indicated in the full item record; and

the presenting of at least the part of the full item record is based on the group that corresponds to the shipment availability.

11. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

determining the geographic region based on the received request.

12. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

accessing a category list that corresponds to the geographic region indicated by the request and identifies a category to which the full item record belongs; and

wherein

the presenting of at least the part of the full item. record is based on the category list that corresponds to the geographic region,

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

generating the category list that corresponds to the geographic region.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein:

the received request indicates a regional site that corresponds to the geographic region; and

the accessing of the category list is responsive to the regional site being indicated by the received request.

15. The method of claim 4, wherein:

the received request includes search criteria.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

performing a search of the summary records based on the search criteria included in the received request; and

wherein

the presenting of at least the part of the full item record is based on the performed search of the summary records.

17. The method of claim 15 further comprising

performing a search of a portion of the summary records based on the search criteria included in the received request;

and wherein

the presenting of at least the part of the full item record is based on the performed search of the portion of the summary records.

18. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

generating summary records that summarize full item records,

the generating of the summary records being performed by the one or more processors of the machine;

receiving a request from a user and indicative of a geographic region; and

presenting at least part of a full item record among the full item records based on the generated summary records that summarize the full item records and based on the geographic region in response to the received request.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein:

the generating of the summary records generates a map tile that organizes the summary records into groups; and

the presenting of at least the part of the full item record among the full item records is based on the map file that organizes the summary records into groups.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein:

the map file organizes a portion of the summary records into a group that corresponds to the geographic region indicated by the request; and

the presenting of at least the part of the full item record is based on the group that corresponds to the geographic region.