Methods and systems to browse data items
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorsJean-Michel Leon, Anselm Baird-Smith, Louis Monier
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Abstract
Methods and Systems to browse data items. There is provided a method and system to enable a buyer to browse listings that are listed by sellers on a network-based marketplace and stored in a data resource. There is further provided a method to cancel characteristics used to identify listings that are listed by sellers on a network-based marketplace.
Claims30
A method to enable a buyer to browse listings that are listed by sellers on a network-based marketplace and stored in a data resource, the method including:
- generating a user interface, the user interface displaying a concept and at least two values that are associated with the concept;
- and
- receiving at least two selections from a buyer that correspond to the at least two values, the two selections utilized to identify at least one listing that is stored in the data resource and is associated with the at least two values based on an evaluation of information that is entered by the seller.
A system to enable a buyer to browse listings of items that are listed by sellers on a network-based marketplace and stored in a data resource, the system including:
- a search application to generate a user interface, the user interface to display a concept and at least two values that are associated with the concept;
- and
- a determining module to receive at least two selections from the buyer that correspond to the at least two values, the two selections utilized to identify at least one listing that is stored in the data resource and is associated with the at least two values based on an evaluation of information that is entered by the seller.
A machine readable medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
- generate a user interface, the user interface to display a concept and at least two values that are associated with the concept;
- and
- receive at least two selections from a buyer that correspond to the at least two values, the two selections utilized to identify at least one listing that is stored in a data resource and is associated with the at least two values based on an evaluation of information that is entered by the seller.
A system including:
- a first means to generate a user interface, the user interface to display a concept and at least two values that are associated with the concept;
- and
- a second means to receive at least two selections from a buyer that corresponds to the at least two values, the two selections utilized to identify at least one listing stored in the data resource that is associated with the at least two values based on an evaluation of information that is entered by the seller.
A method to cancel characteristics used to identify listings that are listed by sellers on a network-based marketplace, the method including:
- communicating a plurality of characteristics, utilized to identify listings, to a user;
- receiving a selection from the user that cancels a characteristic other than a most recently selected characteristic;
- based on the selection, identifying a plurality of remaining characteristics that includes the most recently selected characteristic to identify at least one listing that is determined to exhibit the remaining characteristics based on an evaluation of information that is entered by a seller;
- and
- communicating the plurality of remaining characteristics and the at least one listing to the user.
A system to cancel characteristics used to identify listings that are listed by sellers on a network-based marketplace, the system including:
- a search application to communicate a plurality of characteristics, utilized to identify listings, to a user;
- a determining module to receive a selection from the user that cancels a characteristic other than a most recently selected characteristic and to identify, based on the selection, a plurality of characteristics that remain and that includes the most recently selected characteristic, the determining module to utilize the plurality of remaining characteristics to identify at least one listing that is determined to exhibit the remaining characteristics based on an evaluation of information entered by a seller, the search application to communicate the plurality of characteristics that remain and the at least one listing to the user,.
A machine readable medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
- communicate a plurality of characteristics, utilized to identify listings, to a user;
- receive a selection from the user that cancels a characteristic other than a most recently selected characteristic;
- based on the selection, identify a plurality of characteristics that remain and include the most recently selected characteristic to identify at least one listing that is determined to exhibit the remaining characteristics based on an evaluation of information that is entered by a seller;
- and
- communicate the plurality of characteristics that remain and the at least one listing to the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.