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US 10,319,009 B2Granted
Methods, systems, and apparatus for group-based transactions
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorBhupendra Jain
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus to generate group transactions for an item are described. An item may be one or more of a product and a service. An acceptable price for an item may be obtained from a consumer. The consumer may be categorized into a group characterized by common price range. A group offer may be provided to one or more sellers and/or one or more buyers.
Claims31
An apparatus for generating a group transaction, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory to store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- forming a graphical user interface configured to obtain a search query for an item from a plurality of users, the search query comprising an item search term and one or more search attribute, the graphical user interface comprising a first search result element adjacent to a second search result element;
- categorizing two or more users in a group characterized by a common item of the item search term and a common range of the one or more search attribute corresponding to the common item;
- determining that a count of group members exceeds a group count threshold value for the common item, the group count threshold value predefined by a client device of a user providing the common item;
- in response to receiving the search query and determining that the count of group members exceeds the group count threshold value, concurrently presenting the first search result element and the second search result element in the graphical user interface,
- the first search result element identifying the group, the common item, and the common range,
- the second search result element identifying a listing of the common item provided by another user.
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An apparatus for generating a group transaction with a seller, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- memory to store instructions that;
- when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- obtain a group offer to purchase an item;
- evaluate the group offer based on one or more rules;
- and
- provide one of an acceptance and a rejection of the group over.
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An apparatus for generating a group transaction with a seller, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- memory to store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- generate a group offer proposal for an item based on one or more rules;
- and
- provide the group offer to a group processing intermediary.
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A method for generating a group transaction, the method comprising:
- forming a graphical user interface configured to obtain a search query for an item from a plurality of users, the search query comprising an item search term and one or more search attribute, the graphical user interface comprising a first search result element adjacent to a second search result element;
- categorizing two or more users in a group characterized by a common item of the item search term and a common range of the one or more search attribute corresponding to the common item;
- determining that a count of group members exceeds a group count threshold value for the common item, the group count threshold value predefined by a client device of a user providing the common item;
- in response to receiving the search query and determining that the count of group members exceeds the group count threshold value, concurrently presenting the first search result element and the second search result element in the graphical user interface,
- the first search result element identifying the group, the common item, and the common range,
- the second search result element identifying a listing of the common item provided by another user.
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A method for generating a group transaction with a seller, the method comprising:
- obtaining a group offer to purchase an item;
- evaluating the group offer based on one or more rules;
- and
- providing one of an acceptance and a rejection of the group offer.
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A method for generating a group transaction with a seller, the method comprising:
- generating a group offer proposal for an item based on one or more rules;
- and
- providing the group offer to a group processing intermediary.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying instructions that, when executed by a processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
- forming a graphical user interface configured to obtain a search query for an item from a plurality of users, the search query comprising an item search term and one or more search attribute, the graphical user interface comprising a first search result element adjacent to a second search result element;
- categorizing two or more users in a group characterized by a common item of the item search term and a common range of the one or more search attribute corresponding to the common item;
- determining that a count of group members exceeds a group count threshold value for the common item, the group count threshold value predefined by a client device of a user providing the common item;
- in response to receiving the search query and determining that the count of group members exceeds the group count threshold value, concurrently presenting the first search result element and the second search result element in the graphical user interface,
- the first search result element identifying the group, the common item, and the common range,
- the second search result element identifying a listing of the common item provided by another user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.