Analyzing marketplace listing strategies
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorsQuang Anh Duong, Neelakantan Sundaresan, Nishith Parikh, Zeqian Shen
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Abstract
A method and system analyze marketplace listing strategies. In some embodiments, the method accesses data associated with multiple marketplace listings. Each marketplace listing is associated with a product category. A state-action model, associated with the product category, is created based on the data associated with the multiple marketplace listings. The state-action model is then analyzed to identify a marketplace listing strategy associated with the product category.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- accessing data associated with a plurality of marketplace listings;
- associating each marketplace listing with a product category;
- creating, using a processor, a state-action model based on the data associated with the plurality of marketplace listings, the state-action model associated with the product category;
- and
- analyzing the state-action model to identify a marketplace listing strategy associated with the product category.
A system comprising:
- a product clustering module configured to associate a plurality of marketplace listings with a product category;
- a data summary module configured to summarize the plurality of marketplace listings associated with the product category;
- and
- a listing analysis module configured to analyze the summarized marketplace listings associated with the product catalog, the listing analysis module further to identify a marketplace listing strategy associated with an initiator of at least a portion of the plurality of marketplace listings in the product category.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
- accessing data associated with a plurality of marketplace listings;
- accessing a catalog containing product category data;
- associating each marketplace listing with a product category based on the product category data and the data associated with the plurality of marketplace listings;
- creating a state-action model based on the data associated with the plurality of marketplace listings;
- and
- analyzing the state-action model to identify a marketplace listing strategy associated with the product category.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.