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US 11,455,677 B2Granted
Community based network shopping
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorNeelakantan Sundaresan
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Abstract
A system receives item data corresponding to an item list from a user. The item list may include one or more items. The system communicates the item list to a community group associated with the user and the system then receives member data from one or more members of the community group, wherein the member data is associated with the one or more items on the item list.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- one or more non-transitory machine-readable media storing instructions thereon that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- access, via an application programing interface server, a network-based marketplace operable to provide a listing of items to a user;
- and
- provide social network based services comprising:
- receiving an item list comprising an item accessible via the network-based marketplace;
- providing the item list to a community group associated with the user;
- linking a first visibility rule to a first subset of members within the community group and a second visibility rule to a second subset of members within the community group;
- rendering the item list to the first subset of members within the community group, wherein, when rendered, the item on the item list is visible to the first subset of members based on the first visibility rule linked to the first subset of members;
- and
- rendering the item list to the second subset of members within the community group, wherein, when rendered, the item on the item list is invisible to the second subset of members based on the second visibility rule linked to the second subset of members, and wherein visibility of the item is rendered to members of the community group based on member roles assigned by the user.
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A method performed by one or more computer processors, the method comprising:
- receiving an item list comprising an item accessible via a network based marketplace;
- providing the item list to a community group associated with a user, the community group formed using a social network based services of a social network;
- linking a first visibility rule to a first subset of members within the community group and a second visibility rule to a second subset of members within the community group;
- rendering the item list to the first subset of members within the community group, wherein, when rendered, the item on the item list is visible to the first subset of members based on the first visibility rule linked to the first subset of members;
- and
- rendering the item list to the second subset of members within the community group, wherein, when rendered, the item on the item list is invisible to the second subset of members based on the second visibility rule linked to the second subset of members, and wherein visibility of the item is rendered to members of the community group based on member roles assigned by the user.
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The method of 9, wherein the member data includes data associated with purchase of the item by the member of the community group.
A system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- non-transitory machine-readable media storing instructions thereon that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method comprising:
- receiving an item list comprising an item accessible via a network based marketplace;
- providing the item list to a community group associated with a user, the community group formed using a social network based services of a social network;
- linking a first visibility rule to a first subset of members within the community group and a second visibility rule to a second subset of members within the community group;
- rendering the item list to the first subset of members within the community group, wherein, when rendered, the item on the item list is visible to the first subset of members based on the first visibility rule linked to the first subset of members;
- and
- rendering the item list to the second subset of members within the community group, wherein, when rendered, the item on the item list is invisible to the second subset of members based on the second visibility rule linked to the second subset of members, and wherein visibility of the item is rendered to members of the community group based on member roles assigned by the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.