Methods and systems to alert a user of a network-based marketplace event
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorsScott Leahy, Carl Ferreira
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Abstract
A system to alert a user of a network-based marketplace event. The system receives the network-based marketplace event and determines if the network-based marketplace event is associated with a network-based marketplace alert that has been requested by the user. If so, the system communicates the network-based marketplace alert to the client machine over a persistent connection, the network-based marketplace alert to alert the user of the network-based marketplace event.
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A method to alert a user at a client machine of a network-based marketplace event, the method including:
- receiving the network-based marketplace event;
- determining if the network-based marketplace event is associated with a network-based marketplace alert that has been requested by the user;
- and
- if so then communicating the network-based marketplace alert to the client machine over a persistent connection, the network-based marketplace alert to alert the user at the client machine of the network-based marketplace event.
A system to alert a user at a client machine of a network-based marketplace event, the system including:
- a receiving module to receive the network-based marketplace event;
- a processing module to determine if the network-based marketplace event is associated a network-based marketplace alert that has been requested by the user;
- and
- if so a communicating module to communicate the network-based marketplace alert to the client machine over a persistent connection, the network-based marketplace alert to alert the user at the client machine of the network-based marketplace event.
A machine readable medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
- receive the network-based marketplace event;
- determine if the network-based marketplace event is associated with a network-based marketplace alert that has been requested by the user;
- and
- if so then communicate the network-based marketplace alert to the client machine over a persistent connection, the network-based marketplace alert to alert the user at the client machine of the network-based marketplace event.
A method to alert a user at a client machine of a network-based marketplace event that is associated with auction information, the method including:
- receiving a request for a user interface that includes the auction information, the request automatically generated by a client application program at the client machine;
- and
- communicating the auction information to the client machine responsive to the automatically generated request, the auction information updated based on the network-based marketplace event.
A system to alert a user at a client machine of a network-based marketplace event that is associated with auction information, the system including:
- a receiving application to receive a request for a user interface that includes the auction information, the request automatically generated by a client application program at the client machine;
- and
- a communicating application to communicate the user interface to the client machine responsive to the automatically generated request, the user interface to include the auction information that is updated based on the network-based marketplace event.
A machine readable medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
- receive a request for a user interface that includes auction information, the request automatically generated by a client application program at the client machine;
- and
- communicate the user interface to the client machine responsive to the automatically generated request, the user interface to include the auction information that is updated based on the network-based marketplace event.
A system to alert a user at a client machine of a network-based marketplace event that is associated with auction information, the system including:
- a first means for receiving a request for a user interface that includes the auction information, the request automatically generated by a client application program at the client machine;
- and
- a second means for communicating the user interface to the client machine responsive to the automatically generated request, the user interface to include the auction information that is updated based on the network-based marketplace event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.