Systems and methods for providing information from multiple sources
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorsShikha Khanna, Nicole Lee Birdsall
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Abstract
A method and a system for providing information about a posting from multiple sources are provided. For example, the method may comprise storing a posting that was submitted by a first user in an online publication system. Then, one or more stored inquiries associated with the posting may be retrieved. Finally, a response is selectively retrieved from a response source. The retrieved response may correspond to the stored inquiry and the posting. The response source is at least one of the posting, the online publication system, the first user, and a user account of a second user.
Claims15
A system comprising:
- a memory that stores instructions;
- and
- one or more processors configured by the instructions to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from a first user, a selection of a question to include in postings by the first user for items in an online publication system;
- receiving, after the selection of the question, data for an item, the data submitted by the first user;
- generating a posting for the item in the online publication system based on the data and the selected question;
- receiving, via a network, an inquiry submitted by a second user;
- selectively retrieving, in response to the inquiry submitted by the second user, a response comprising an answer to the selected question, the answer comprising at least a portion of the data submitted by the first user;
- and
- providing a user interface depicting the selected question and the retrieved response.
A method comprising:
- receiving, from a first user, a selection of a question to include in postings by the first user for items in an online publication system;
- receiving, after the selection of the question, data for an item, the data submitted by the first user;
- generating a posting for the item in the online publication system based on the data and the selected question;
- receiving, via a network, an inquiry submitted by a second user;
- selectively retrieving, using one or more processors and in response to the inquiry received from the second user, a response comprising an answer to the selected question, the answer comprising at least a portion of the data submitted by the first user;
- and
- providing a user interface depicting the selected question and the retrieved response.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions executable by one or more processors for performing operations comprising:
- receiving, from a first user, a selection of a question to include in postings by the first user for items in an online publication system;
- receiving, after the selection of the question, data for an item, the data submitted by the first user;
- generating a posting for the item in the online publication system based on the data and the selected question;
- receiving, via a network, an inquiry submitted by a second user;
- selectively retrieving, in response to the inquiry received from the second user, a response comprising an answer to the selected question, the answer comprising at least a portion of the data submitted by the first user;
- and
- providing a user interface depicting the selected question and the retrieved response.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.